Upgraded ALMA images expose hidden rings and spirals around baby stars, indicating planets begin taking shape mere cosmic ...

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A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...

F iguring out the day length of Earth is more complicated than you might imagine. While on average a day is 24 hours long, ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

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Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

This stunning image dubbed 'Cosmic Owl' captures a remarkable moment in deep space, billions of light years away.

Astronomers discover a new strategy for detecting exoplanets: look for aligned binary stars that reveal hidden worlds more ...

That’s exactly what unfolded in a project led by Dr. Veselin Kostov of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ...