For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over the origins of one of the universe's oldest and densest stellar systems, known ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Over the course of more than two decades, researchers at the University of Bern have developed the so-called "Bern model," a ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS spacecraft close flyby SwRI mission has gained global attention. Scientists propose a mission to ...

Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or “hot Jupiters,” astronomers can spend months or years ...

A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using advanced ...

Astronomers have gained insights into star formation by capturing the first spatially resolved detection of protostellar ...

Star formation is an intricate process that transforms vast molecular clouds into newborn stars, often accompanied by the formation of circumstellar discs composed of gas and dust. These ...

A team of astronomers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and other universities have captured the first direct image of a young binary ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

The birth of a new solar system may have been caught on camera. About 1,400 light-years from Earth sits a young sunlike star surrounded by cooling gas and teensy silicate minerals. These mineral ...