A Giant ‘Planet Factory’ Beyond Jupiter May Have Churned out the Building Blocks of the Solar System
Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...
Research suggests Earth received most of its phosphorus and nitrogen from nearby planetary building blocks, reshaping ...
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Another planet in our early solar system? First evidence of Moon-sized object found from meteorite
Scientists found proof that a giant early planet existed in the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
A Victoria University scientist who has found the key to dating the very beginnings of our Solar System will have his work published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature today. Dr Joel Baker, ...
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Our solar system may have looked very different had it not been for a third ice giant, study finds
The ice giant, now missing, may have disrupted some of the moons of Uranus and Jupiter.
Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter.
In one of the most exciting developments in astronomy in the 21st century, NASA is launching the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) today–and Northern Arizona University astronomers, planetary ...
Close to 100 scientists from all over Europe, the United States, and Japan are gathering this week at the Institute for Solar ...
In the young Solar System, a dust trap beyond Jupiter may have built wildly different meteorite parent bodies over two ...
A solar flare erupts from the sun on June 20, 2013, seen at the left of the image. NASA / SDO Our solar system could be subject to a violent “superflare” explosion from our sun sooner rather than ...
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The solar system's largest moon may be heating up — offering clues to its mysterious origins
The largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could ...
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