For the first time ever, scientists detect snow-like ice in deep space, surrounding a newborn planetary system and reshaping ...

Scientists around the world are confronting unexpected radio silence and puzzling measurements from interstellar object ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

This results in a composition that is “unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent.” “These new Hubble images show that planet nurseries can be much more active and chaotic than we expected,” Kristina Monsch, ...

Planet-forming collisions were once thought to be rare—new observations suggest they may occur far more often than scientists ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

Hubble identified the largest known protoplanetary disk, revealing a turbulent, chaotic environment with material extending ...

Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an ...

Two rare cosmic collisions around the young star Fomalhaut were caught by space telescopes, offering new clues about how planets form.

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...