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For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

It’s 9 a.m. on Monday morning, and I’m on the sixth floor of Sterling Hall at UW–Madison. Here, in the newly formed Wisconsin ...

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

Astronomers have identified a vast population of potential protoplanetary disks within the turbulent central molecular zone ...

The average home solar system has 20 to 25 solar panels, to keep up with how much energy the average American home uses in a year (10,791 kilowatt-hours). Solar panels will still generate ...

Astronomers have captured a stellar feast in action — the clearest view yet of a massive baby star devouring gas to fuel its ...

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to watch. So scientists have had to look at what the Earth looks like now and at all ...