There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary disk might be to blame.

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...