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

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

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.

Astronomers have observed a planetary system in its early formation stages around protostar HOPS-315, providing insights into how our solar system may have originated.

Explore the wonders of the universe in this video as we delve into the question: How many planets exist in the universe? Gain ...

“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.

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of a new solar system.

“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier ...

Children at the Sylmar Branch Library were captivated by David Lehman, a volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System ambassador who knows ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the ...