What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Jupiter's formation played a crucial role in creating zones that captured material, leading to the birth of Earth, Mars, and ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser provides surprising new details about the trigger that may have started the earliest phases of planet formation in our solar system. It is ...

The Sun's formation caused temperature differences in the surrounding disk of gas and dust. Inner, hotter regions formed rocky planets from less volatile elements. Outer, colder regions allowed ...

I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just ...