Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet’s formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the earliest phases of ...

Learn about Gomez's Hamburger, a huge astronomical object that offers an ideal view of the earliest stages of giant planet ...

Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet's formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich ...

ALMA maps gas, dust, and a sulfur monoxide arc in Gomez’s Hamburger, revealing possible giant-planet formation alongside an ...

Astronomers have reported evidence of a massive possible exomoon in the distant CD-35 2722 system, where one giant object orbits another rather than directly circling a star. The discovery, described ...

The side-on perspective is valuable because it gives scientists a clear, cross-sectional look at a planetary nursery.

Do cosmic hamburgers hold the secret ingredients. . .for planets? This one sure does! Astronomers using the Atacama Large ...

Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...

(No formulas! The mystery of becoming giant despite a lack of material? Why is it lighter than water and cold despite being ...

A new study suggests that some of the heaviest rocky planets ever reported may not be as heavy as they look. These so-called 'mega-Earths,' rocky planets weighing more than about 10 Earths, could be ...

Exotic chemical elements in the atmosphere of a dead star hint at the presence of a planet that formed after the star’s death ...