The tiny pebbles left over from a star's formation fed the growth of one of the strangest, wildest worlds humanity has ever ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...

Astronomers have detected silicon monoxide gas in the atmosphere of a planet 850 lightyears from Earth, the first time the ...

On a quest to understand how planets are formed – and ultimately how Earth fits into the cosmic picture – astronomers have ...