Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...
The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...
At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — If you're trying to get a beautiful look at the planets in our solar system, you're in luck. Between February 25 and February 28, all seven planets in our solar system will be ...
Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...
Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.
There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...
The team, led by astrophysicist Lukas Böhme at Bielefeld University, found that the universe is, in fact, moving more than ...
Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...
A nearby star has just been caught throwing a tantrum – and it could rewrite what we know about the potential for life in the ...