A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...
Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...
Protoplanetary disks are the birthplaces of planets, but few discoveries have stretched scientific expectations like IRAS ...
A view of HOPS-315, a baby star some 1,400 light-years from Earth where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. Combined with data from the James Webb Space ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.
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 ...
Astronomers have just confirmed for the first time the existence of a "rogue planet"—a world drifting in space without being tied to any star.
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented ...