By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.
A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...
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Ancient water found in a young star has the potential to explain how planets like our own are formed
It is naturally found in low concentrations on our planet, but the recent discovery of D₂O in space has helped astronomers to ...
The exoplanet, dubbed PSR J2322-2650 b, has a helium-and-carbon atmosphere, something researchers say they've never seen ...
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young ...
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Two collisions, one star, and a new view of planet formation
When you look up at the night sky, planets seem calm and fixed. But a new study shows that nearby planetary systems can be ...
How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...
Hubble Space Telescope data reveal that two large collisions near the star Fomalhaut created dust clouds once mistaken for a planet, helping scientists better understand how planetary systems form ...
Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...
A study using NASA’s TESS data finds that aging Sun-like stars lose close-orbit planets as they evolve, offering insight into the long-term fate of planetary systems ...
Using JWST, scientists discovered PSR J2322-2650b — a carbon-rich, lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar — challenging ...
Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever so slightly at the equator, making it about ...
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