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

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

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

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

In a cosmic first, astronomers have spotted the earliest signs of rocky planet formation around a young star. The discovery ...