Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

A nearby star has just been caught throwing a tantrum – and it could rewrite what we know about the potential for life in the ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...