Gold has long been regarded as one of the most chemically inert elements, a stable constant in both scientific ...

A year that is a mere 18 hours TOI 849 b is an extremely unusual planet in the so-called “Neptune Desert” – a term used by astronomers for a region close to stars where we rarely see planets of ...

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

New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster than Earth's core, thanks to molten iron and nickel sulfides seeping down through solid rock and into the center of the Red Planet.

The solar system formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Numerous fragments that bear witness to this early era orbit the Sun as asteroids. Around three-quarters of these are carbon-rich C-type ...

Planet formation used to sound straightforward: dust clumps into rocks, rocks grow into worlds, and the rest is detail. A ...

Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet with the largest core of any known planet. The discovery is especially exciting to planet formation theorists, because it provides extremely strong ...

A recent astronomical discovery has shaken long-held beliefs about how planets form. For decades, scientists thought that stars much smaller than our Sun couldn't form giant planets. That theory just ...