Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

The Sun's formation caused temperature differences in the surrounding disk of gas and dust. Inner, hotter regions formed rocky planets from less volatile elements. Outer, colder regions allowed ...

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.

Samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s far side have unveiled moon dust containing a rare pre-solar ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...