For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

The first-ever detection of this rare form of water in a protoplanetary disk suggests that what we drink might have been ...

If you’ve ever wanted to see a chunk of the early solar system with your own eyes, now’s your chance. The comet C/2025 A6, commonly called Comet Lemmon, is currently on approach with the inner solar ...

Some are no bigger than pebbles, while others stretch for miles, silently orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt or zipping ...

ESA’s Mars orbiters captured images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars, revealing its bright, hazy ...

Scientists combined 20 years of Mars images to track over 1,000 dust devils, revealing powerful winds that shape the Red ...

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail ...