CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

Photographing the sun can be an amazing experience and this guide explains how to do it in safety with a camera or telescope.

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

The dream of traveling to distant stars and colonizing other worlds has captured human imagination for centuries. Yet when we confront the reality of cosmic distances, that dream feels both ...

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System.

August's full moon will be on the Sturgeon Moon, this will rise on Saturday, August 9, according to the Royal Museums ...