Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

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

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 ...

In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers have uncovered an astonishing revelation about ...

The skies overhead are already teeming with satellites. But their orbiting numbers will skyrocket in the near future as the ...

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

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

This is the earliest glimpse we’ve ever had of a planetary system being born, a peek into what our Solar System might have ...