At our current level of knowledge, many exoplanet findings take us by surprise. The only atmospheric chemistry we can see…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to make amazing discoveries. This time in the constellation of Pictor where, in…
The JWST is flexing its muscles with its interferometry mode. Researchers used it to study a well-known extrasolar system called…
There's a population of planets that drifts through space untethered to any stars. They're called rogue planets or free-floating planets…
We can't understand what we can't clearly see. That fact plagues scientists who study how planets form. Planet formation happens…
Every time a star forms, it represents an explosion of possibilities. Not for the star itself; its fate is governed…
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have now completed one of the largest surveys ever to hunt for…
Stars shape their solar systems. It's true of ours, and it's true of others. But for some massive stars, their…
Astronomers have detected a large amount of water vapour in the protoplanetary disk around a young star. There's at least…
Our gleaming Earth, brimming with liquid water and swarming with life, began as all rocky planets do: dust. Somehow, mere…