The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

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 ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

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

Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...