New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around it, astronomers hope to better understand how solar systems like our own ...
A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.
Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a ...
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...
Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.
Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...
Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...