Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected what appears to be a faint and small star-forming ...

It's a scene that could evoke popular fantasy stories, with sparkling stars shining above misty mountaintops, but the James ...

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

For centuries, scientists have puzzled over globular clusters, the dense star systems that orbit galaxies without dark matter ...

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime than expected.

What stage of a star’s life do planets start forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a pair of researchers from the Southwest Research Institute ...