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International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away.

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...

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

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An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.