SScience Read More Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research SuggestsNovember 22, 2025 The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new…
SScience Read More 3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass StarsOctober 10, 2025 The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS showed that significant numbers of interstellar objects populate interstellar space. Their…
SScience Read More Free-Floating Exoplanet Found Growing at Record RateOctober 3, 2025 Cha J11070768-7626326 (Cha 1107-7626 for short), a young, isolated exoplanet between 5 and 10 times the mass of…
SScience Read More Astronomers Capture First-Ever Photo of a Baby Planet Being Born in DarknessSeptember 24, 2025 In this artist’s illustration, infalling hydrogen gas causes the growing protoplanet WISPIT 2b to shine brightly in the…
SScience Read More JWST Detects Puzzling Absence of Water in Strange Planet-Forming DiskSeptember 10, 2025 A newly observed planet-forming disk, unexpectedly rich in carbon dioxide instead of water, is challenging long-held ideas about…