In a groundbreaking new study, astronomers have observed the birth of baby planets in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, located just 460 light-years from Earth. This discovery, made possible by ...

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 ...

Scientists might have spotted a gassy young world. A telescope array made the first-ever gas detection in a disk surrounding a faraway star, and that detection suggests a baby, Jupiter-mass exoplanet ...

Have you ever wondered how gas giant planets like Jupiter or Saturn were formed? In a study published in Nature, astronomers took a detailed look at the formation of a gas giant in a star system 505 ...

Molecules capable of forming the precursors to sugars and amino acids have been detected, for the first time, in the disk of ...

For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disk located about 525 light-years away in ...

Coming off a string of explosive failures, Starship's latest flight, by comparison, feels like a resounding success for SpaceX. On Tuesday night, the world's largest rocket launched into space, with ...

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...

The Webb telescope has captured images of dusty wisps surrounding a planet-forming disk, marking a significant development in space exploration.

A team of astronomers have uncovered a baby planet, WISPET 2B, a pretty darn cute nickname appropriate for a celestial body still in its infant stage.