Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

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

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

Astronomers have observed four worlds forming in the V1298 Tau. These worlds are puffy at the moment, and are expected to ...

On July 21, 2025, theEuropean Southern Observatory (ESO) highlighted an exciting discovery made possible by its cutting-edge technology: the detection of a spiral disc around the young star HD 135344B ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

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

Astronomers have spotted the earliest stages of rocky planet formation around a young, sun-like star named HOPS-315. Using the Webb Space Telescope and ESO's Alma telescope, scientists detected solid ...

In this research area we investigate everything from the earliest formation of planets via dynamic collisions, to the atmospheres and characteristics of solar system planets and exoplanets. Exoplanet ...

Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...