Although IC 5148 is a type of object called a planetary nebula, it has nothing to do with planets (except that the dead star at its center probably ate a few of them) and actually stems from a ...

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

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

The 'planetary nebula', not to be confused with protoplanetary disk, is shed outer layers of a star heavier than sun, and it's mass can, i'd guess, vary from below solar mass, to above solar mass.

It's the earliest stage of planet formation ever seen by scientists. The new planetary system is taking shape around HOPS-315 ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Determining when the solar nebula dissipated sets the time for gas-driven planetary migration and for how long giant planets can grow (that is because they grow by accreting gas), says Borlina.

Using the Dark Energy Camera astronomers have found a packed stellar nursery of infant stars in the dark nebula in the 180-light-year-wide Circinus West molecular cloud.

NOAO scientists, using the Gemini Observatory 8-meter telescope in Chile, have obtained the highest resolution image ever obtained for the planetary nebula NGC 2346.

PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering fresh insight into how our own solar system may have begun. (Wednesday, Jul ...