Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

The answers to those questions depend on how we define the death of the solar system.

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

The future of our solar system has long captivated both scientists and stargazers alike. As highlighted in a recent Live ...

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 day resemble our own.

On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, the Johns Hopkins APL-built Parker Solar Probe captured stunning ...