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Planet Formation

Planetary Systems Accretion Processes Planetesimals Planetary Evolution Debris Disks Gas Giants Chaotic Environments Exoplanet Research Disc of Matter Planetary Orbits Cosmic Evolution Dust Grains Core Accretion Theory Proto-Planetary Disks Protoplanetary Disks Young Stars Debris Discs Solar System Formation Spiral Patterns Planet Seeds Mass Accumulation Circumbinary Planets Gas Accretion Stellar Dynamics Water Origin Interstellar Objects Habitability Dust Traps Planetary Atmospheres Stellar Evolution Exoplanet Atmospheres Rogue Planets Habitability of Exoplanets Giant Planets Circumstellar Disks

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

Simultaneous Earth–Gaia observations produced a microlens‑parallax signal that broke the long‑standing mass–distance degeneracy.

Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

Closest Directly Imaged Planet Around Two Suns Confirmed on a 300-Year Orbit

Early Jupiter Shaped the Inner Solar System, Study Finds

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

Study Pins Jupiter’s Birth to 1.8 Million Years After the Solar System Began

Study Hints at 'Planet Y' in Outer Solar System After Kuiper Belt Warp Detected

Psyche Spacecraft Snaps Distant Earth–Moon Portrait During Instrument Checkout

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone

James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Exoplanet by Direct Imaging

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories