Scientists recreated a tiny piece of the early universe inside a glass tube to study how life’s building blocks formed |
Long before Earth existed, before the Sun had fully formed, clouds of gas and microscopic dust drifted through…
Rare meteorite points to a long-lost planet from our early solar system
A meteorite found in the Sahara is forcing scientists to rethink what kinds of worlds once circled the…
Astronomers can now measure newborn planet mass from dusty stellar rings
A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it…
Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple | MIT News
Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from…
Which is the most common type of planet in the galaxy? Scientists reveal ‘super-Earths’ |
According to Kepler observations, the most abundant kind of planets in the Milky Way is the super-Earths. These…
Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-189b Mirrors Its Star’s Chemistry, Astronomers Find
Using the Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometer (IGRINS) on the Gemini South telescope at the International Gemini Observatory, astronomers…
Possible Planet Collision Detected Around Distant StarMeta Description
Planet formation is not a gentle process. In young star systems, growing worlds often collide, break apart, and…
These 24 Debris Discs Reveal the Missing Link in Planet Formation
These 24 Debris Discs Reveal the Missing Link in Planet Formation – Futura-Sciences February 7, 2026 3 min…
ALMA images reveal complex rings and collisions in young planetary systems
Astronomers have captured unprecedented images of young exoplanetary systems in a turbulent stage of their evolution, offering new…
Astronomers spot signs of a new infant planet forming inside a cosmic “planet-making factory” just 400 light-years away
Astronomers capture detailed infrared images of HD 34282’s planet-forming disk It may be hard to picture a planet…
Astronomical data collection of Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 reveals over 100 different molecules | MIT News
MIT researchers recently studied a region of space called the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1) and discovered more than…
3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass Stars
The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS showed that significant numbers of interstellar objects populate interstellar space. Their…