Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For ...
New research suggests they could play a crucial role in the creation of planets themselves. At a conference in Helsinki, ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, ...
Using the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, astronomers have taken the closest-ever look at dusty regions where planets ...
Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit ...
An unmanned spacecraft with ties to Tucson is on track to coast around the sun this winter before sling-shotting by Mars on its way to a rendezvous with an asteroid and a dwarf planet. NASA officials ...
A new space telescope with Irish scientific involvement goes into operation this week on a mission to study how stars behave ...
The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...