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Objects like 3I/ATLAS could become the "seeds" of giant planets after being captured in the discs of dust and gas surrounding a young star.

Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System May Be “Seed” Traveling Galaxy and Creating New Planets, Paper Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Using a supercomputer, a team of astrophysicists have simulated how young gas giants grow and found that they first have a flattened shape.

Jupiter Used to Be Flat, Scientists Suggest

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have observed an unusual young exoplanet some 150 light-years from Earth that's far more dense for its size and age than thought possible.

Science & Energy

Like Your First Quarantine Sourdough Attempt, This Exoplanet Is “Surprisingly Dense”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists may have caught pictures of a planet being born around a young star using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

Science & Energy

Stunning Images Appear to Show a Planet Being Born

By Victor Tangermann

Mysterious Young Star Systems Are Changing Our Understanding of Planet Formation

Mysterious Young Star Systems Are Changing Our Understanding of Planet Formation

By Chelsea Gohd

A Planet is Born: ALMA Sees the Formation of an Enormous Ice World

A Planet is Born: ALMA Sees the Formation of an Enormous Ice World

Our Solar System May Have Had Super-Earths, But the Sun Ate Them

Our Solar System May Have Had Super-Earths, But the Sun Ate Them

By Cecille De Jesus

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

By Todd Jaquith

Double Sun Worlds: Stunning Image Reveals Young Planet in Binary System

Double Sun Worlds: Stunning Image Reveals Young Planet in Binary System

By Miguel Santos