Newswise — Scientists may have figured out how dust particles can stick together to form planets, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that may also help to improve industrial processes. In homes, ...

The side-on perspective is valuable because it gives scientists a clear, cross-sectional look at a planetary nursery.

Learn about Gomez's Hamburger, a huge astronomical object that offers an ideal view of the earliest stages of giant planet ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the earliest phases of ...

Four and a half billion years ago, Earth and Mars were born in the rotating cloud of gas and dust that would eventually become our solar system. Yet exactly how the planets formed remains one of the ...

Do cosmic hamburgers hold the secret ingredients. . .for planets? This one sure does! Astronomers using the Atacama Large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a unique planet outside our solar system known as a ...