New research suggests they could play a crucial role in the creation of planets themselves. At a conference in Helsinki, ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and death of nearby stars are an important piece of the puzzle.

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar ...

Located some 620 light-years away in the Chamaeleon constellation, scientists recorded Cha 1107-7626 accreting six to eight ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of our solar system. From relatively small rock and water worlds to blisteringly hot gas giants, the planets ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

New images of a young star made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) reveal what scientists think may be the very earliest stages in the formation of planets. The scientists used the VLA to ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet, Cha 1107‑7626, rapidly accumulating gas and dust at an unprecedented rate, challenging traditional planetary formation theories.