The Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is a vast structure. It contains billions of stars and a supermassive black hole. The galaxy is constantly rotating and growing by absorbing smaller ...

In August 2025, skywatchers will be treated to a planet parade like no other, with six planets and the Moon visible in the ...

An icy object in perfect sync with Neptune reveals new details about planetary migration and unseen bodies far beyond the Kuiper Belt.

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van ’t Hoff, an astronomer at ...

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into what our Solar System may have looked like at birth. It’s a stunning replay ...

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

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away.