"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

The swirling disk around a young star has been found to contain an inventory of seventeen complex organic molecules enough to ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

Imagine studying the formation of a star 5 million years in the making, a newborn in the jargon of astronomers, that's tucked away in a "cosmic nursery" light-years away and yielding two growing ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

A new study is challenging the understanding of planetary disk formation around young stars. It reveals that the environment plays a crucial role in determining the size and lifetime of these ...

When a star is born, it doesn’t emerge in isolation. Instead, it forms inside a large, chaotic cloud of gas and dust. Around it, a flat disk of spinning material takes shape. This protoplanetary disk ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the star-forming region NGC 6357. New research shows a young star in NGC ...

How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...

The classical picture of star and planet formation suggests that a star’s rotational axis and the orbital planes of its planets should be aligned. However, exoplanetary systems have considerable ...