Imagine being able to replay the formation of the Solar System, not in theory or simulation, but in real time, around a ...

A meteorite from Mars, the largest piece ever found on Earth, sold for $5.3 million to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

The observations offer a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an emerging planetary system, said the University of ...

In a cosmic first, scientists identified signs of early planet formation by looking deep into the gas disk around a baby star ...