Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our ...

If planet formation in the disc of IRS 63 has already begun, then it is probable that planets and protostars grow and evolve ...

E.ON Next has invited 1,000 households with solar panels and batteries to take part in a pilot that it says will help ...

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The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years But RPS is expensive, costing ...

What information can a protoplanetary disk composed of carbon dioxide provide scientists about the formation and evolution of the solar system? A recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics ...

The latest research on asteroid Bennu has revealed its heterogeneous origin and a parent world with flowing water, adding to the evidence that this small and somewhat dangerous rock is extremely ...

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown ...

Isotopes that originated in the solar system had a different makeup than those that came from interstellar stardust, for example. "All of these constituents were transported great distances to the ...

Mars has a huge network of canyons that stretches about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) across its equator. This canyon system, called Valles Marineris, is the largest in the solar system, dwarfing ...