Astronomers reported Wednesday that it’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero” when new worlds begin to gel.

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

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

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own ...

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

Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the first pieces of material that will go onto form planets. A solar system has ...

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.

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 stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...

The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...