Closer to a host star, gas giants are thought to form by the accretion of a large rocky core which then starts drawing in gas. That adds to the growing planet's mass and enhances its growth further.

Cordiner says the star is “definitely an exciting object,” one he thinks can teach astrophysicists a lot about how massive stars form. “It’s just one of those objects that keeps on giving.” ...

A young star named V960 Mon is at the center, with dusty material with the potential to form planets surrounding it. V960 Mon is located over 5000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation ...

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 ...

Lego is offering a free Death Star II Battle set for all Star Wars purchases above $75 for May the Fourth 2020. The deal ends May 4. Meet the newest "Star Wars" movie droid — in Lego form.

Recently, a NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars snapped a photo of an odd object on the planet's surface – something that looks remarkably like the Star Fleet logo from Star Trek.