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

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

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

Astronomers utilized data from the Gemini South telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from NASA to detect silane (SiH₄) in the atmosphere of "The Accident." This simple molecule ...

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

Recently, the astronomical community has welcomed an exciting discovery: water vapor has been detected in the atmospheres of ...

ALMA image of the dust ring (red) and gaseous spirals (blue) of the circumstellar disk AB Aurigae reveal gaseous spiral arms ...

In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, the University of Warwick, and the Canary Islands ...

As 3I/ATLAS is presently fascinating space enthusiasts, researchers say that such interstellar objects may act as planetary ...

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our ...