The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped provide a snapshot of the formation of a planetary system around a young star for the first time, according to astroboffins.

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of planets around a distant star, shedding light on our own ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

It's the earliest stage of planet formation ever seen by scientists. The new planetary system is taking shape around HOPS-315, a baby star which is located 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with a video call to U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion Nebula ...

PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...

Observations of the young HOPS-315 star system show an environment analogous to what our own nascent Solar System would have ...