Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of our Solar System. The planet sizes tested were 1 percent of Earth's mass, ...

She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had ... instead of an asteroid belt. "What if the asteroid belt, instead of forming the ring of smaller asteroids that it is today, what if it ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own. These belts, analogous to the Kuiper and asteroid belts in our Solar System ...

None of the terrestrial planets have rings, although Earth does have belts of trapped ... the term “asteroid” has increasingly come to particularly refer to the small rocky and metallic bodies of the ...

A new study, currently under review for publication, suggests that an ancient cosmic visitor might have significantly altered the orbits of our solar system's giant planets ... bodies like those in ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

It seeks to offer a better understanding of the formation of our solar system, explore the water-rich origins of these bodies as a usable resource, and assess the presence of organic and volatile ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

this mega-asteroid broke apart in the Asteroid Belt, producing a chunk of rock that us ape-like inhabitants on the Solar System’s third planet would one day call “Bennu.” Eventually ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some ... dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt. "Both Enceladus and Ceres ...