Planets may actually form more easily around double stars than around single stars like our sun, according to new research ...

Astronomers have observed two planets forming in the disc around a young star named WISPIT 2. These observations, and the unique structure of the disc around the star, indicate that the WISPIT 2 ...

'Binary stars were once seen as hostile environments for planet formation. What we're finding is that they can actually be ...

Astronomers have found a planet-forming disk that looks like a solar system on steroids. New images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an enormous, oddly shaped disk of gas and dust ...

LHS 1903 is a small red M-dwarf star that is cooler and shines less brightly than our Sun. Scientists used telescopes in space and on Earth to discover four planets orbiting LHS 1903. With those ...

What can rocky planets orbiting in the outer parts of a solar system teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as a ...