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Joel Kastner, a professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy, and a team of researchers with the European Southern Observatory have discovered new evidence of how planets as massive as Jupiter can form.

The first of its kind observation could advance our understanding of how planets form

This theory would predict that whenever you form a planet like Earth, you will have water on it, says an expert

New research suggests our planet was born from a rapid accumulation of tiny pebbles and icy fragments in just a few million years.

New research suggests our planet was born from a rapid accumulation of tiny pebbles and icy fragments in just a few million years.

There's a growing body of evidence showing that Earth formed more quickly than thought. And it didn't wait for asteroids to bring its water.

Iconic shot of Luke Skywalker staring at Tatooine’s horizon that has two suns shows what a circumbinary system would look like

The team of researchers initially thought the shadows are being cast by two misaligned disks casting shadows.

The Webb space telescope's MIRI instrument found complex organic molecules that could be precursors to the chemicals of life.

An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.