Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent ...

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open house at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The open house begins at ...

"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...