Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...

In the latest scientific discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope shocks space enthusiasts by revealing an unusual object that is about 40 times larger than the whole solar system itself.The ...

Hubble observations reveal a giant, turbulent planet-forming disk that may reshape theories of how planetary systems develop.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

A study led by Paolo Padoan, ICREA research professor at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), is challenging the understanding of planetary disk formation around ...

The secrets of how Earth and other planets are formed may have been revealed after observations of a far-distant solar system. Astronomers have found water vapor in high concentrations in the disc of ...

“The level of detail we’re seeing is rare in protoplanetary disk imaging,” commented Kristina Monsch from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. The level of detail is possible due to ...

A Sun-type star situated nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth has provided astronomers with a unique opportunity to observe an unusual after-effect of a planetary system’s evolution. When this star, ...