Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more top down than bottom up. By Katrina Miller When it comes to making a planet, ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

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

However, what constitutes a planet in particular is a question that may seem very simple but has been escalating in ...

"We know discs are vital to forming stars and planets in our galaxy, and here, for the first time, we're seeing direct evidence for this in another galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's impression of the red dwarf star TOI-6894 (foreground) and its giant planet orbiting ...

The formation of planets is a fascinating process. They usually originate in a disc of dust and gas surrounding stars. When particles come together, they form a clump, and through a process called ...

For scientists who spend time thinking about how planets form, life would be simpler if gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn didn’t exist. According to the standard model of planet formation, called ...

How fast can rogue planets grow? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the discovery of a rogue planet that ...

Astronomers observed something incredible in a region that not much was expecting—a planet-scale object drifting alone in space then burst into fiery life in a violent outburst of development. The ...