Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than ...

'Binary stars were once seen as hostile environments for planet formation. What we're finding is that they can actually be ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Central Lancashire have found that planets around binary stars form more often and in ...

How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the intricate processes responsible for the most ...

The galaxy’s most common stars rarely host sub-Neptune planets, revealing a new pattern in how close-in worlds form.

The astro-modified camera used to take this photo lets in the hydrogen alpha light that is normally filtered out. This modification makes the camera more sensitive to the red end of the ...

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...

According to Kepler observations, the most abundant kind of planets in the Milky Way is the super-Earths. These planets are ...

For life to develop on a planet, two chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities: phosphorus and nitrogen. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA. Nitrogen is an essential ...

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and they say the fallout could teach us about the formation of our world. The ...