Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.

The solar system's journey through the galaxy is more complex than most imagine. While we often picture planets orbiting the ...

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

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van’t Hoff, an astronomer at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, tells Nature’s Jenna Ahart.

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

Scientists say they have found a mysterious 'tiny world' in our solar system. Apparently, the Subaru Telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has uncovered there's a new 380-kilometer world ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...

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

The Solar System is a fascinating place, with each planet orbiting the Sun at its own unique distance. But how far apart are these planets, and how do they travel through space? Uncover the true scale ...

This comet, first detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS sky survey system, is providing scientists with a rare glimpse into the chemistry and behavior of objects that formed around other stars.

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