When it comes to finding baby, still-forming planets around young stars, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

The discovery could help scientists understand how planets form. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How do planets form? For many ...

A distant stellar nursery holds a clutch of newborn Jupiter-sized worlds, the tiniest of which is surrounded by a dusty disk that might someday give rise to moons. The detailed discovery, made thanks ...

Astronomers have discovered a previously hidden "cosmic fuel tank" in an infant cluster of forming galaxies. This vast reservoir of cool molecular gas is found in the protocluster known as SPT2349-56, ...

"By investigating the conditions that lead to these 'sneezes' we hope to expand our understanding of how stars and planets are formed." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Have you ever wondered how gas giant planets like Jupiter or Saturn were formed? In a study published in Nature, astronomers took a detailed look at the formation of a gas giant in a star system 505 ...

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

The heavy elements in interstellar matter significantly impact the mechanism of star formation. In the early universe, the abundance of heavy elements was lower than in the present universe because ...

In the first week after conception, your pregnancy begins with a tiny cluster of cells. Your body starts making important ...