The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling around 27 infant stars—evidence that planets start taking shape just a few ...

The Solar System may appear calm and well organized, but it is actually the result of billions of years of delicate cosmic ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

"The extraordinary results are an essential step toward understanding the initial conditions that lead to the formation of ...

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged an exoplanet. I know what you’re thinking: “JWST ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

The Guardians of the Galaxy movies were full of exotic and alien planets that look cooler than anything we’ll ever have on ...

Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...