Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

It presents the evolution of the solar system through the lens of the planetesimal ... viewers to the fundamental concepts of planetary formation. Email us at [email protected] if you have ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Interstellar material has been found within our solar system, but ...

When the solar system formed, rocks (and other dense, heavy materials in the dust cloud such as iron and uranium) tended to gather closer to the Sun, and these materials combined together to form ...

2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Mar. 13, 2025 — Water once existed ...

it could redefine our understanding of the formation of such exoplanets — and maybe finally reveal new clues as to why we don't have one in our own solar system. Their findings were accepted for ...

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

a fraction of our solar system’s 4.6 billion years. Still hot from their violent formation, HR 8799 planets emit large amounts of infrared light that give scientists valuable data on how their ...

a fraction of our solar system's 4.6 billion years. Still hot from their violent formation, HR 8799 planets emit large amounts of infrared light that give scientists valuable data on how their ...