A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...
A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...
Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...
Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
Active small bodies—including comets, active asteroids, icy minor planets, and transitional objects—occupy a unique position in planetary science. As ...