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

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

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

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

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Researchers found that the oxygen atoms are linked in an irregular structure, almost like a crystal, unlike their usual ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures visible and infrared images of protoplanetary disks, showing gas and dust structures ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

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 ...

Astronomers discovered Gomez’s Hamburger, a massive protoplanetary disk. Edge-on view shows dust and gas layers with clumps ...

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