TAG: planetary formation

Astronomers find asteroid with three lobes and a moon in the main belt

3 million year old 'baby' planet discovered and reveals how worlds form

Gas detected in comet 3I/ATLAS reveals secrets of star formed before the Solar System

Scientists reveal unlikely system shaped by brown dwarf, altering understanding of planetary formation

New research reveals two giant planets with a density less than cotton candy and questions star formation theories

Radio telescope observations identify excess methanol in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, indicating diverse stellar origins

Alcohol in space: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exhibits excess methanol, defying the formation of other systems

Researchers identify two giant exoplanets with density less than cotton candy, challenging cosmic models

Massive object collision may have caused unusual rotation of Venus billions of years ago

Astrophysicist explains why Earth has elemental wealth essential for life

James Webb Telescope discovers protoplanetary disk with excess carbon dioxide and little water in XUE 10

James Webb Telescope detects CO₂-rich, nearly water-free protoplanetary disk around star XUE 10