Astronomers just caught a celestial sneak peek at how solar systems are born, and it starts with something delightfully small ...

A star once thought empty was actually hiding a giant planet. New imaging and Gaia data exposed the surprising discovery of a ...

PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

For the first time, astronomers have observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star, revealing a ...

"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our sun." ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star ...

Might the next Earth-like world be lurking in the brilliance of a nearby red dwarf, biding its time for the appropriate technology to uncover it? The James Webb Space Telescope has issued a resounding ...

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet—between three and ten times the size of Jupiter—hiding in the swirling disk of ...

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust ...