Around this time of year, if the weather is clear, just before dawn you might be able to see Sirius, the brightest looking ...

Saturn rises around midnight, and Venus around 2 a.m. Jupiter is low in the east before dawn; Venus is brighter and whiter.

Researchers studied the L 98-59 system and confirmed five rocky planets. One is in the habitable zone and may support liquid water.

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

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

"We will never witness the formation of Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light-years away, we may be watching a ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into ...

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

A hidden planet up to 10 times the size of Jupiter was found in the disc around MP Mus, thanks to new data from ALMA and Gaia ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...