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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has made a massive impact on the world of astronomy, providing breathtaking images that have ...

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

How does a star form from the cold, turbulent gloom of a molecular cloud? Three years have already passed since the James Webb Space Telescope has been revealing how, most recently by removing the ...

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.

This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago, and will continue for about another 4.5 - 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.

The moon will reach its peak at 4:37 p.m. EDT on July 10. During moonrise the lunar disk appears larger than it is as it is ...