Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star. They reported Wednesday ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have spotted the earliest building blocks of rocky planets forming around a young, sun-like star named HOPS-315. Using NASA's Webb Telescope and ESO's Alma ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

In a cosmic first, scientists identified signs of early planet formation by looking deep into the gas disk around a baby star ...

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our sun." ...

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.