Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...

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Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

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

Incredible images reveal the moment a new planet begins to sculpt spirals of dust and gas around its home star, located over 440 light-years from Earth.

Observations of the young HOPS-315 star system show an environment analogous to what our own nascent Solar System would have ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

The night sky is home to many celestial features named after creatures from Earth’s oceans. Among the stars, you’ll find ...

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