A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers' knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on a globe-spanning arsenal of ...

Astronomers have recently detected a colossal object at the edge of our solar system, sparking excitement and curiosity ...

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

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution.

In recent years, the detection of rogue objects exiting our solar system has captivated the scientific community and the ...

Astronomers See Planet Formation ‘Time Zero’ in an Alien Solar System Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen ...

Object Details editor Pessah, Martin Gressel, Oliver Notes "The scope of subjects that make up this volume primarily originates from a topical workshop on "Young Star Systems" that took place in April ...

On September 4-5, during the Third International Conference on Deep Space Exploration (Tiandu) held in Hefei, Anhui, ...

On September 3, scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid have discovered a variety of unusual materials, some of which existed even before the formation of the Sun. Three recent papers ...

Ultimately, without a time machine, we will never fully recover the precise history of our solar system's formation, so we will never be entirely sure what role giant impacts had in the ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...