This article details our understanding of star and planet formation within galaxies, recognising the dynamic nature of ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

A detailed study of young stars and their surroundings has produced dramatic new evidence about how multiple-star systems form and how the dusty disks that are the raw material for planets grow ...

A study led by Jenny Frediani at Stockholm University has revealed a planet-forming disk with a strikingly unusual chemical composition: an unexpectedly high abundance of carbon dioxide (CO2) in ...

The simulation started very, very early in the universe and used the Lambda-Cold Dark Matter model that scientists use as the standard model of Big Bang Cosmology, with another added library ...

The study's authors found that certain orientations of twin star systems may provide critical information about planet formation, while also being easier for astronomers to discover planets within ...

The discovery of this stage is significant because it is the first time scientists have identified the initiation of planet formation around a star at such a young age. This process occurs when ...

A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using ...

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.

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant formation.

The study, “Bursty star formation naturally explains the abundance of bright galaxies at cosmic dawn,” was supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation.