Astronomers have recently detected a colossal object at the edge of our solar system, sparking excitement and curiosity ...

In a few billion years, our Sun will become so violently hot that it could wipe out all life in the Milky Way. Yet, ...

Ultimately, without a time machine, we will never fully recover the precise history of our solar system's formation, so we will never be entirely sure what role giant impacts had in the ...

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers' knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on a globe-spanning arsenal of ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution.

On September 3, scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid have discovered a variety of unusual materials, some of which existed even before the formation of the Sun. Three recent papers ...

Object Details editor Pessah, Martin Gressel, Oliver Notes "The scope of subjects that make up this volume primarily originates from a topical workshop on "Young Star Systems" that took place in April ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Properties of Debris Dust Around Solar-Type Stars Object Details Author Carpenter, John M. Bouwman, Jeroen Mamajek, Eric E. Meyer, Michael R. Hillenbrand, ...