Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

Deep in space, astronomers have witnessed a rare and powerful moment: the birth of planets around a distant baby star. This ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Home EVIDENCE OF PRE-ACCRETION IRRADIATION OF COMETARY MINERALS IN THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM ...

This process, called accretion, is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

This process, , is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

This diagram shows the orbital distribution of extrasolar planets smaller than Jupiter that have been detected by the Kepler mission, in comparison to the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

The solar system could be packed with 1 million alien visitors, space rocks shaken away from our cosmic neighbor Alpha Centauri, new research has revealed.

Faint magnetic properties in primitive asteroid fragments suggest an early magnetic field strong enough to shepherd the growth of the outer planets.

Second Most Water-Rich World In The Inner Solar System Has More Organic Material Than Thought New research suggests that Ceres might actually be producing the organic compounds itself.

How Did the Solar System Form? The tale of our sun may begin with another star: a predecessor whose fiery death brought about the birth of our solar system.