The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

F or the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in ...

A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions about how our solar system came to be. Tiny shavings from a meteorite ...

This is like getting a baby picture of our own solar system,' says Gabriel Weible, University of Arizona graduate student who contributed to research - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Our solar system's latest and only third known interstellar visitor is becoming more fascinating by the minute. Spotted in early July, the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, is believed to be a comet. It's ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

The condensing of hot minerals was never detected before around other young stars, “so we didn’t know if it was a universal feature of planet formation or a weird feature of our solar system ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the planets in our solar system may have been revealed through the ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...