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 ...

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

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

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

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

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...