Relying on information from NASA's TESS telescope, astronomers Edward Bryant from the University of Warwick and Vincent Van ...
Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...
So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...
The solar system is 4.54 billion years old, based on rock dating. Gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) likely formed first. Ice giants (Uranus and Neptune) probably formed next. Rocky planets formed last, ...