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

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

Astronomers have photographed WISPIT 2b, a rare young planet forming in a dusty disk gap around a sun-like star. This ...

With planets, we haven’t been so fortunate, so getting a look at this very early stage in planet formation is extremely valuable,” he added.

Astronomers have long believed that water-rich and ice-filled 'water worlds' are among the most common types of planets in ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of a new planet. Detected at an early stage of formation around a young analog of ...

Over the course of more than two decades, researchers at the University of Bern have developed the so-called "Bern model," a ...

NASA’s InSight reveals Mars’ mantle holds preserved fragments from its violent birth, offering a rare record of rocky planet ...

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

Key to rapid planet formation Date: August 1, 2024 Source: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Summary: Researchers have developed a new model to explain the formation of giant planets such ...

New Concept of Terrestrial Planet FormationScientists have long been intrigued by the surfaces of terrestrial bodies other than Earth that reveal deep similarities beneath their superficially ...