Rocky Planets

There are middle-aged stars that eat their rocky planets

Webb discovers that rocky planets can form in more extreme environments

Rocky planets can form in extreme environments

Webb study reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments

New JWST release: Webb study reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments

Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments

Half Of All Rocky Planets Are Strange ‘Burning Worlds’ Of Lava, Say Scientists

Rocky planets might have been able to form in the early universe

Astronomers Find Out What Happens to Rocky Planets That Wander too Close to Their Stars

How do rocky planets really form?

Astronomers find the remnants of rocky planets in two stars that evolved into white dwarfs billions of years ago.

An international research team proposes a new theory for the Earth’s formation. It may also show how other rocky planets were formed

Two New Rocky Planets Discovered Close to the Solar System

How NASA's Roman telescope could help find Earth-like planets by surveying space dust. Finding out how much of this material these systems contain would help astronomers learn more about how rocky planets form and guide the search for habitable worlds by future missions.

Massive Rocky Planets Probably Don’t Have big Moons

Moons might not form around rocky planets much larger than Earth

Distant rocky planets may have exotic chemical makeups that don’t resemble Earth’s

After studying the chemical composition of "polluted" white dwarfs, astronomers have concluded that most rocky planets orbiting nearby stars are more diverse and exotic than previously thought, with types of rocks not found anywhere in our Solar System.

Rocky Planets Might Need to be the Right age to Support Life

New Study Reveals Intricate Chemical Link Between Rocky Planets And Their Stars