There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Astronomers have made an unexpected and groundbreaking discovery in our solar system—a ring system forming around Chiron, a ...

The James Webb Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

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A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born. In particular, a new study of the ...

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Astronomers studying a disk of material circling a still-forming star inside our Galaxy have found a tantalizing result — the inner part of the disk is orbiting the protostar in the opposite direction ...

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 ...

Webb Telescope spots a carbon-rich disk around a distant planet, CT Cha b, offering rare clues to how moons may form.

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