New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

At just over 4 light-years away, Proxima Centauri is home to an exoplanet that tantalizes astronomers with its potential. Could this be our next destination?

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

Most planets that we find outside of our solar system are already fully formed, with their birth materials long since ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecting a ...

Discover the fascinating feature of WASP-69 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet with a comet-like tail of gas, shedding light on ...

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

The research team detected a key signature of water ice at a wavelength of 3 microns, a telltale sign of frozen water coating ...

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...

The solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Astronomers believe that roughly 100 million years into its existence, the planets first began to form in a rotating, flat cloud of gas ...