Planetary Formation
Planets Started Out From Dust Clumping Together. Here’s How
A new study by a team of German physicists and an American biomedical engineer has solved a long-standing problem in…
New Ring of Dust Discovered in the Inner Solar System
Discovering new things in space is a regular occurrence. Astronomers keep finding more distant objects in the outer reaches of…
Here are 20 Protoplanetary Disks, With Newly Forming Planets Carving Out Gaps in the Gas and Dust
A new survey by an ALMA collaboration has resulted in stunning images of 20 nearby protoplanetary disks, which shows the…
This Meteorite is One of the Few Remnants from a Lost Planet that was Destroyed Long Ago
A new study provides evidence of a so-called lost planet that was formed in the early days of the Solar…
“Monster Planet” Discovered, Makes Scientists Rethink Theories of Planetary Formation
The discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet around a red dwarf star has caused astronomers to rethink some of their theories…
New Study Sheds Light on How Earth and Mars Formed
A new study by researchers from the University of Bristol has shed new light on how the planets like Earth…
Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock
Under the right conditions, two colliding rocky bodies might form a temporary structure called a 'synestia'. This rotating mass of…
Finally, the Missing Link in Planetary Formation!
A new study by an international team of scientists may be the "missing link" in our understanding of how planets…
Surprise! Fomalhaut’s Kid Sister Has a Debris Disk Too
The bright star Fomalhaut hosts a spectacular debris disk: a dusty circling plane of small objects where planets form. At…
Rogue Planets Can Find Homes Around Other Stars
[/caption] As crazy as it sounds, free-floating rogue planets have been predicted to exist for quite some time and just…