What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Far from our own solar system, astronomers have finally watched what planetary scientists have long predicted but never ...

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

Earth set its chemical identity in three million years, but habitability came later after a planetary collision. Pulte purge: Hundreds replaced amid ethics inquiry Press conference makes it clear a ...

When the solar system began to form, everything was chaos. A slew of rocky material was smashing together in a maelstrom that would eventually become the baby protoplanets, comets and asteroids that ...

Young star systems, like nearby Fomalhaut, are messy places. Rocks slam together and icy bodies shatter. Dust fills the space where solid objects once moved quietly along. This chaos is how planets ...

This artist’s concept shows the violent collision of two massive objects in orbit around the star Fomalhaut. “Spotting a new light source in the dust belt around a star was surprising. We did not ...

Rare planetesimal collisions observed outside our solar system Dust clouds can mimic planets in telescope images Discovery offers real-time insight into planet formation ...