New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

On July 21, 2025, theEuropean Southern Observatory (ESO) highlighted an exciting discovery made possible by its cutting-edge ...

Astronomers found strong evidence that a gassy Jupiter-size world is orbiting one of three stars in the stellar system ...

It’s impossible to know how many planets might form around HOPS-315. With a gas disk as massive as the sun’s might have been, it could also wind up with eight planets a million or more years ...

The orbiting telescope revealed a teardrop-shaped plume of dust around the nucleus as well as traces of a dusty tail.View on ...

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple ...

Astronomers have captured incredible images of the birth of a distant planet. The planet orbits the star HD 135344B, which is located around 440 light–years from Earth.

"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our sun,” lead researcher Melissa ... compares the findings to "a picture of the ...

This handout image released on July 22, 2020, by the European Southern Observatory shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets, TYC 8998-760-1b and TYC 8998-760-1c. Supplied ...

The burning question of the week asks why planets have elliptical orbits around the sun given its round shape CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 19, 2021 1:16 PM PST | Last Updated: February 19, 2021 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...