Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, ...

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar ...

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

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.