A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...
Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other universities are analyzing tiny particles from a distant asteroid to learn more about how the outer solar system was formed and shaped ...
The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...
Most of our knowledge about the Solar System’s formation and evolution comes from the study of extraterrestrial rock samples called chondritic meteorites. These rocks, which are fragments of asteroids ...