The planet's home star, IRAS 04125+2902, sits just over 520 light-years from Earth, making it quite close in galactic terms.

"This study also highlights that our galaxy had an intense star formation at early epochs leading to very fast metal ...

the researchers devised an experiment with two seemingly identical metal discs. One of the disks is “normal” metal, while the other is the same material with the special etching technique applied.

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a ...

The disc was discovered near the town of Nebra in Germany along with swords, axes and other items dating from the Bronze Age. It was found with a metal detector by two illegal treasure hunters ...