Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...

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

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into what our Solar System may have looked like at birth. It’s a stunning replay ...

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

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising ...

It's the earliest stage of planet formation ever seen by scientists. The new planetary system is taking shape around HOPS-315, a baby star which is located 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van ’t Hoff, an astronomer at ...

Astronomers Observed that They Have Captured the Beginning of Solar System Around Infant Star, HOPS-315 The solar system is the abode of humans. However, very little is known about its origin. A ...

In an unprecedented breakthrough, an international team of astronomers has successfully captured, for the first time, the ...

Peering through a cosmic keyhole at distant baby star, astronomers may have opened a new window on the deep past of our own ...

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