Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

Imagine studying the formation of a star 5 million years in the making, a newborn in the jargon of astronomers, that's tucked away in a "cosmic nursery" light-years away and yielding two growing ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between ...

When a star is born, it doesn’t emerge in isolation. Instead, it forms inside a large, chaotic cloud of gas and dust. Around it, a flat disk of spinning material takes shape. This protoplanetary disk ...

The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came ...

Some solitary planets wander through interstellar space, offering unexpected surprises about their formation and evolution. Astronomers recently observed a particularly remarkable case in ...

York University planetary scientist Dr. Charles-Édouard Boukaré discusses molten rocky exoplanets: rocky planets so close to ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...