What processes are responsible for the first planets in our solar system forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to addres | Space ...

Our solar system is our immediate cosmic neighborhood. We know it well: the sun at the center; then the rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars; and then the asteroid belt; followed by the gas ...

What if Jupiter gained just a little bit more mass during its formation period, and then ignited to become a star? How ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many of these planets have properties that differ significantly from the eight ...

What: A SETI Live conversation about whether planet-mass objects could form in the dusty outer regions surrounding actively feeding supermassive black holes; Guests: ...

What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances hopes to address as an ...

Researchers have developed a new model to explain the formation of giant planets such as Jupiter, which furnishes deeper insights into the processes of planet formation and could expand our ...

Elias 2-24 b is the youngest by some distance, and could provide rare insights into planet formation.

Brown dwarf planet formation may be possible after Webb detected a disk around an object estimated at twice Jupiter’s mass.

Planets without stars to orbit raise important questions about how planets evolve and what habitability might look like ...