BERLIN – Scientists say they have detected significant amounts of molecular oxygen coming out of a comet, an unexpected find that may have implications for the search for alien life and understanding ...

Scientists find oxygen in comet, say that challenges theories of how solar system formed Scientists say they have detected significant amounts of molecular oxygen coming out of a comet, an unexpected ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how our solar system’s planets formed, because this isn’t a process they can watch unfold. Researchers have generally thought that Jupiter and Saturn grew out of ...

Astronomers have observed a solar system being formed for the first time, as hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star (Picture: ESO) Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a ...

Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time. Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Small fragments of rock can reveal a lot when they’re analyzed with powerful laboratory instruments. New research into tiny ...

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...