The first-ever detection of heavy water in a planet-forming disk around a young star offers evidence that the water predates ...

With water being so important to life on Earth, scientists often look for it on exoplanets. But some of those worlds might ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

Astronomers spotted a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming within a dusty ring around its star system, offering clues about the ...

The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and maybe even ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Astronomers observe for the first time the actual motion of spirals in a protoplanetary disk, revealing gravitational ...

Astronomers have spotted heavy water in the disk of a young star for the first time. What’s wild is that this water seems to ...

Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system.

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Astronomers have spotted a free-floating ‘rogue’ planet, named Cha 1107-7626, that is going through a massive growth spurt, ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...