Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star. They reported Wednesday ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

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

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today." ...

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

Astronomers have captured a rare glimpse inside HOPS-315, a young star that appears to sit at the center of a nascent version of our own solar system.

M. McClure et al./Cover Images Astronomers have spotted the birth of a new solar system for the very first time ever. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a ...