A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures visible and infrared images of protoplanetary disks, showing gas and dust structures ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Scientists have captured the birth of a new solar system for the very first time. These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.

What is “down” in the vastness of space? Scientists reveal how gravity, cosmic planes, and perspective redefine direction, ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...