The textbook picture of how planets form—serene, flat disks of cosmic dust—has just received a significant cosmic twist. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. New research, ...

When we start talking about Earth's origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a recent ...

For decades, scientists have studied how planets form by looking at young stars nearby, assuming that these environments could be representative of all star systems. However, as astronomers discover ...

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of ...

Like a family in which short parents have tall children, a tiny red dwarf star is defying our understanding of how planets form by existing alongside a giant exoplanet. Giant planets are not rare per ...

"It represents a major step forward in how we think about the search for distant worlds capable of hosting life." Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged ...