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 ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a rare second-generation planet orbiting a dead star, suggesting new worlds can form ...

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

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

BBC’s Blue Planet III is keeping in shots that would normally end up on the cutting room floor to prove it’s real.