A newly analyzed planetary system has turned up a world orbiting at such a skewed angle that it defies the neat textbook ...

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

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, ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

These planets also have atmospheres rich in hydrogen and rocky interiors. Now, new research published in Nature by Carnegie Institution for Science's Francesca Miozzi and Anat ShaharContinue reading ...

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 ...

An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date. It’s ...

Life on a planet ruled by two suns might be a little complicated. Two sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the radiation field. In a paper published in the December 2008 issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

Six rogue planets that have been spotted floating in the abyss of space may help reveal the secrets of how these cosmic phenomena are born. These six rogue planets, which are between five and 10 times ...

Compared to the previous observations (left), the new ALMA observations (right) at longer wavelengths can better see into the dust ring and reveal a concentration of dust to the north-west (upper ...