A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...

The cosmos is a void dotted with stars and an ever-increasing number of newly-observed planets beyond our solar system. Yet, how these stars and planets formed out of clouds of interstellar dust and ...

Planets are formed when dust and rock in a disk around a young star collide and combine to form ever larger bodies. This so-called accretion is not yet fully understood. Astrophysicists at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep layers of molten rock inside some super-earths could generate powerful magnetic fields—potentially stronger than Earth’s—and ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, scientists have unveiled an explosive new map of an exoplanet that annihilates water. This map provides a detailed view of the planet’s volatile surface and atmospheric ...

This photo shows the upper part of the water tornado model. The acrylic glas tank has a diameter of 50 centimetres and is illuminated with LED strips. The water forms a vortex whose surface shape ...