"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

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

The Solar System is a fascinating place, with each planet orbiting the Sun at its own unique distance. But how far apart are ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

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

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van’t Hoff, an astronomer at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, tells Nature’s Jenna Ahart.

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid ...

Explore the wonders of the universe in this video as we delve into the question: How many planets exist in the universe? Gain ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of a new solar system.

Ammonite was found as part of the FOSSIL survey project, which stands for the Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy, according to NAOJ. A more classical name will be assigned to the ...

“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier ...