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

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

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

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a recent ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

The observations expand the range of environments where habitable worlds might emerge. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts ...

Image of the young nearby 2MASS1612 system (also known as: RIK113) taken with the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. The image uses near infrared light that was scattered of the dust particles ...

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...

Astronomers have observed four worlds forming in the V1298 Tau. These worlds are puffy at the moment, and are expected to ...