Planet Formation

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands have for the first time detected dimethyl ether...

Cold planets exist throughout our Galaxy, even in the Galactic bulge.

Astronomers show how planets form in binary systems without getting crushed.

Hubble watches how a giant planet grows.

Scientists have suggested a new explanation for the abundance in intermediate-mass exoplanets – a long-standing puzzle in astronomy.

A disk with gaps suggestive of clearing by newly forming planets.

A search that could help to reveal how planets like Earth come into being.

The study offers evidence of strong early magnetic field around Earth

Massive gas disk raises questions about planet formation theory.

Monash astrophysicists using the ALMA telescope in Chile have a made a world-first discovery with the sighting of a second baby planet (two to three times heavier than Jupiter) inside a gas and dust gap.

Mechanically agitated granular matter often serves as a prototype for exploring the rich physics associated with hard-sphere systems, with an effective temperature introduced by...

According to a new study by the University of Chicago and Penn State, planets with water worlds could maintain surface conditions as like as...