For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, thanks to groundbreaking observations made using theJames Webb Space ...

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

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

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Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own solar system. Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to ...

A new study explores how eccentric warm Jupiters - giant exoplanets with unusual oval orbits - form, offering clues about the ...

We thought we understood planets, but the planetary disk chemistry of far-away XUE 10 is completely changing our conception ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. That's to be ...