Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Now, finding a young planet like this is a fairly difficult task, as it requires a long and patient hunt for young disk ...

Objects like 3I/ATLAS could become the "seeds" of giant planets after being captured in the discs of dust and gas surrounding ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many of these planets have properties that differ significantly from the eight ...

Recent observations of the Kuiper Belt have revealed anomalies that suggest the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized ...

Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ...

What specific processes are responsible for planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as an international team of ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Fomalhaut’s eccentric ring has been the focus of intense scrutiny for nearly two decades, and it keeps giving astronomers new ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a recent ...