International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

M. McClure et al./Cover Images Astronomers have spotted the birth of a new solar system for the very first time ever. Using ...

Astronomers have spotted the birth of a new solar system for the very first time ever. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

David N. Schramm, Robert N. Clayton, Did a Supernova Trigger the Formation of the Solar System?, Scientific American, Vol. 239, No. 4 (October 1978), pp. 124-139 ...

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