Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...

When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...

The presence and abundance of the short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) 26Al and 60Fe during the formation of the Solar System is difficult to explain unless the Sun formed in the vicinity of one or more ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

Fresh from finding potential biosignatures on the Bright Angel formation in Cheyava Falls, announced in September, NASA's ...

Study from Bielefeld finds major departure from the standard model. How fast and in what direction is our solar system moving through space? This question, though simple in appearance, plays a central ...

The Planetary Defence System of the ESA earlier identified the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid. The current tally since the ESA ...

It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system, and it's traveling through space at speeds of up ...