"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

The Solar System is a fascinating place, with each planet orbiting the Sun at its own unique distance. But how far apart are ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest ...

SYFY ’s The Ark follows the crew of an interstellar spacecraft on a multi-light-year journey to the star next door. In the ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

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Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...

The sun was born 4.5 billion years ago from a vast cloud of cold hydrogen and dust left behind following the death of more massive stars. At that time, the particles were so far from each other ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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.