When it comes to science, a simple observation can upend everything you think you know, such is the case with one star ...
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 ...
Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...
Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our understanding of how planets form. These slight tilts, similar to those seen ...
Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.
CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...
With water being so important to life on Earth, scientists often look for it on exoplanets. But some of those worlds might ...