"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object, Companion Candidate 1 (CC1), in the WISPIT 2 system. This intriguing find, ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

A discovery in V883 Orionis' planet-forming disk suggests Earth's water could have come from ancient interstellar ice that ...

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

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

Metallicity is a fundamental part of the Universe. The Big Bang created mostly hydrogen, the simplest and lightest element, ...

Astronomers have introduced a new class of exoplanets, dubbed “soot planets,” which are believed to be more widespread across ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Experts at a laboratory in Botswana managed by the Gemological Institute of America recently examined an extraordinary ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...