A new study published in Nature has revealed a rare glimpse into the early life of four young exoplanets orbiting the star ...

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

A view of HOPS-315, a baby star some 1,400 light-years from Earth where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. Combined with data from the James Webb Space ...

How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

An artist’s impression of the two new planets discovered. An inner super-Earth, here seen transiting in front of the orange host-star and an icy giant planet on the periphery of the system. The ...

Astronomers discovered Gomez’s Hamburger, a massive protoplanetary disk. Edge-on view shows dust and gas layers with clumps ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled by a disk ...

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When you look up at the night sky, planets seem calm and fixed. But a new study shows that nearby planetary systems can be violent and chaotic.