A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it

SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever.

By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago

Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star?

Theorized exoplanet AB Aurigae b now directly seen in photos.

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

Astronomers discover a huge expanding debris cloud from two colliding protoplanets!

When worlds collide, they make a lot of dust. A lot.

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

We could find out how life on Earth spawned from largest molecules ever found around forming planets

If aliens aren't out there now, they might be in the future.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago

Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars

It's not zombification, but it kind of is.

By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago

Space warps can kill planetary systems before they’re born

Let's not do the space warp again.

By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago

Stellar intruder makes a grazing hit-and-run on a pair of young stars

Star's flyby disrupts a stellar nursery.

By Phil Plait 3 months ago

Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play

A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky.

By Phil Plait 5 months ago

Alien ingredients? Precursor molecules for life found where planets are born

By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago

A planet eats a disk while the disk eats a nebula. It’s eating all the way down

By Phil Plait 1 year ago