The Orion Nebula is a large star-forming region visible to the naked eye. Some of the young stars in the nebula are ...

ALMA maps gas, dust, and a sulfur monoxide arc in Gomez’s Hamburger, revealing possible giant-planet formation alongside an ...

The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the emissions from the dust grains within it. The disk in ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the earliest phases of ...

Learn about Gomez's Hamburger, a huge astronomical object that offers an ideal view of the earliest stages of giant planet ...

Artwork depicting how water, both regular and heavy, comes from giant molecular clouds and is incorporated into planet-forming disks around young stars. | Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Vosteen, B.

Newswise — A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy – and why the life and death of nearby stars are an important piece of the puzzle. In a ...

This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual highlights Webb's views ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a rare second-generation planet orbiting a dead star, suggesting new worlds can form ...

An international team of astronomers has made the unexpected discovery of a new planet. Detected at an early stage of formation around a young Sun-like star, the planet is estimated to be about 5 ...

Researchers are investigating possible gemstone-forming materials in the atmosphere of an unusually hot and puffy exoplanet.

Learn how a planet-forming disc around a young star reveals multiple planets taking shape at once. Two giant planets are actively forming around a young star at the same time, something astronomers ...