The U.K. media giant is expanding its educational offerings internationally, starting with the U.S., with an online learning ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

One morning, the Moon wakes up the Earth — and to its surprise, every planet in the Solar System has transformed into another Earth! What would happen to gravity, orbits, and life as we know it? Get ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

When most people think of our Solar System, they think of the 8 planets officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). But what if I told you there are at least 40 planets, and ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...

Why giant planets might form faster than we thought New observations of 30 planet-forming disks reveal how gas and dust behave over time and shape the evolution of exoplanet systems Date: June 14 ...

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

Upgraded ALMA images expose hidden rings and spirals around baby stars, indicating planets begin taking shape mere cosmic ...