Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

Outside our own solar system, the first moments of planet formation have never been detected, until now. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) said the images are of a "baby star" known as HOPS-315 ...

The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...

The Sun's formation caused temperature differences in the surrounding disk of gas and dust. Inner, hotter regions formed rocky planets from less volatile elements. Outer, colder regions allowed ...

A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

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The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

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