Centuries-old conjecture about formation of the solar system verified Date: September 23, 2020 Source: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Summary: Using a limited set of mathematical equations, a ...

"The Solar Family" is an 11-minute educational film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in 1936. It presents the evolution of the solar system through the lens of the planetesimal hypothesis ...

A new view of the solar system's early days proposes that the first two kinds of solid materials — the precursors of space rocks and ultimately planets — both formed at the same time.When the ...

Previously, this phenomenon hadn’t been witnessed directly, and meteorites were the only source for information about the early formation of our Solar System.

The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems.