The early solar system is still a bit of a mystery to scientists, but the secret to learning Jupiter's origins might be hidden in these tiny objects.

About 4.6 billion years ago, our corner of space was basically just a boring cloud of gas and dust floating […] ...

Jupiter’s formation caused violent rock collisions that formed chondrules, revealing clues about how planets and solar systems are born. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Over four billion years ago, the solar ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Scientists discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid that spawned near-Earth asteroid Ryugu more than a ...

The team at the University of New Hampshire worked on a mission that will help answer questions about how life formed on ...

A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A team of researchers from NASA recently uncovered strong evidence for a rare ...

One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system has been around for 4.6 billion years. While that sounds like a long time, it's ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object cruises toward the sun.