A new laboratory experiment uses a water tornado to simulate key processes in planet formation within protoplanetary discs.

A new laboratory experiment uses a water vortex to investigate how planets form from material in protoplanetary gas and dust ...

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From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

This opens a window into a time when the universe was still forming its first complex molecules, when gas and dust clouds were coalescing into the earliest generations of stars and worlds. In effect, ...

The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the ...

A recent breakthrough in astronomy has illuminated the mysterious dynamics of a binary star system, HD 135344 AB, where a ...

The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, and they orbit each other widely, indicating that their protoplanetary disks ...

Globular cluster M15 hides within it a planetary nebula, Pease 1. Observers with large scopes and steady skies can find it.

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday (June 23) — and included a special asteroid bonus.

Earth’s companion has allowed astronomers to define lunar cycles, navigate without technology, and understand celestial movements.