A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers' knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on a globe-spanning arsenal of ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether ...

By knowing the exact conditions and locations where freezing and mineral condensation take place, astronomers can build improved models of planet formation and disk evolution.

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution.

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...

The researchers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to identify this very young planet, named WISPIT 2b, which orbits a ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

Ultimately, without a time machine, we will never fully recover the precise history of our solar system's formation, so we will never be entirely sure what role giant impacts had in the ...