In a cosmic first, McClure and her team stared deep into the gas disk around the baby star and detected solid specks ...

In a cosmic first, astronomers have captured the birth of rocky planets around a baby sun-like star 1,370 light-years away.

Imagine being able to replay the formation of the Solar System, not in theory or simulation, but in real time, around a ...

Might the first moments of planet formation be more understandable than ever before? Fresh observations suggest that the creation of worlds such as our own is perhaps happening right in front of us, ...