Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

An international team of researchers have discovered the moment when planets began to form around a central star. Purdue University astronomer Merel van ‘t Hoff says it’s like finding, “a picture of ...

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). In ...

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