New research suggests they could play a crucial role in the creation of planets themselves. At a conference in Helsinki, ...

Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit ...

Using the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, astronomers have taken the closest-ever look at dusty regions where planets ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress ...

A new space telescope with Irish scientific involvement goes into operation this week on a mission to study how stars behave ...

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 ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are rich with clues about how worlds like Earth come to be. Until now, scientists ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery on November 8, 2025, that challenges previous models of planetary water ...