Earth’s Building Blocks Came from Close to Home, Planetary Scientists Say
A new analysis of isotopic signatures across planets and meteorite parent bodies suggests our home world formed entirely…
Astronomers Capture Two Giant Planets Forming Around Young Star WISPIT 2
Astronomers have caught two giant planets forming around WISPIT 2, an infant star just 5.4 million years old,…
Webb Detects Hydrogen Sulfide Gas on Three Super-Jupiters
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time identified hydrogen sulfide gas in…
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…
Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new…
4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter saved Earth during its formation
When the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas collapsed…
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…
ALMA Detects Heavy Water in Planet-Forming Disk around Distant Protostar
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected doubly deuterated water (D2O), or ‘heavy water,’ in…
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…
WISPIT 2b: Scientists capture the birth of a five-million-year-old planet, nearly 1,000 times younger than Earth
In a major breakthrough, astronomers have directly imaged a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming inside a gap in…
Astronomers Capture First-Ever Photo of a Baby Planet Being Born in Darkness
In this artist’s illustration, infalling hydrogen gas causes the growing protoplanet WISPIT 2b to shine brightly in the…
“The Earth May Not Be as Extraordinary as We Think”: Study Finds Earthlike Planets Are Common, but Not So for ‘Water Worlds’
An international team of scientists studying potential water worlds has determined that although sub-Neptune exoplanets made up of…