Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Water might have formed much earlier than previously thought. Computer simulations show supernovae produced significant ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...

As humans, we’re curious about how we got here. When we look out at the night sky, we see stars and planets, even galaxies.

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet—a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

Astronomers have identified an extreme exoplanet, LTT 9779 b, that is reshaping our understanding of planetary atmospheres.

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 ...

Researchers discovered a planet-forming disk that lasted 30 million years. This challenges previous estimates of 10 million years.

Planet formation around low-mass stars may be suffering from Peter Pan syndrome. While previous observations and models have suggested that a disk of planetary building blocks should be 'fully ...