Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

A nearby star has just been caught throwing a tantrum – and it could rewrite what we know about the potential for life in the ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...