A young planet 370 light-years away is emitting an unexpected radio signal, giving a clearer view of how giant planets grow.

Ice core records stretching back hundreds of thousands of years show that airborne mineral dust, not carbon dioxide alone, ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the brutal heat of its host star. The planet, labeled BD+05 4868 Ab, is ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Tiny tornadoes of dust whirl across Mars's rusty plains far faster than scientists thought, a new study reveals. The results could help scientists plan future Mars missions by accounting for the ...

Recently identified exoplanet, BD+05 4868 b, is shedding its surface in a comet-like tail as it disintegrates under extreme stellar heat. SETI Live host Beth Johnson spoke with National University of ...

Rogue planets live by their own rules, freely floating through the cosmos without being bound to a star. With no stellar supervision, those isolated planetary bodies can often behave in unusual ways.

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What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on Earth. As we venture through the universe, scientists are finding uncanny - ...

The image to the left, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows a possible planet being born around the young star HD 135344B. This star, located around 440 light-years away, is surrounded ...