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Planets may start forming before stars even finish growing

Planets Form Earlier Than Thought Around Baby Stars

Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says

Stellar flares can rearrange the atmospheres of planets within days

Desert lichen offers new evidence for the possibility of life on other planets - EurekAlert!

James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments

JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'

Webb telescope images frigid exoplanet in strange orbit, the planets cross each other like an "X," with the star being at the centre

Planets may start forming before their stars are even done

Astronomers confirm rare retrograde planet orbiting between two stars | The breakthrough discovery shows planets can survive in unlikely star systems

Even Extreme UV from Massive Stars Can't Stop Planets from Forming

There are Planets Forming in the Center of the Milky Way

Young Stars Feed on Chaos to Build Planets

These are the sharpest images yet of planets being born around distant stars

Scientists Gain a New Understanding of How Stars and Planets Form

These are the sharpest images yet of planets being born around distant stars

Flares from magnetized stars can forge planets’ worth of gold, other heavy elements - EurekAlert!

Cosmic Parade: Planets, the Moon, and a Comet Dazzle Over Paranal

Dark Matter Could Make Planets Spin Faster

When's the next 'parade of planets'? The past, present and future of planetary alignments