In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

Planets form within the disk, starting with collisions and accumulation among dust grains and ending with the gravitational assembly of planets.

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

The small planet's existence challenges existing theories on the formation and stability of planetary systems," said study co-author Judith Korth, an astrophysicist at Sweden's Lund University, in ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

"These studies show that objects with masses comparable to those of giant planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems," says observational astronomer Aleks Scholz of ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more top down than bottom up.

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a ...

Planets caught forming around a baby sun outside the Milky Way The Dutch-led team used NASA's Webb Space Telescope and a telescope in Chile to observe a young star some 1,370 light-years away.