A rocky planet beyond gas dwarfs in LHS 1903 indicates that planetary systems form in unexpected ways.

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...

Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years away from Earth.

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s impression shows the observed exoplanet, which goes by the name HR8799e. (CREDIT: ESO/L. Calçada/SpaceEngine) Gas ...

Hubble Space Telescope images have revealed a second massive collision between planetary bodies orbiting the nearby star ...

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, seems to play host to a rare type of planetary environment.

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store ...

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...