More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among the oldest materials in our solar system, originating from planets, asteroids, and comets. Most meteorites ...

In other words, chondrites are the perfect meteorites to study for clues about the origin of our solar system. Russell, however, is troubled at the thought of Earth’s meteorites representing ...

These chondrules are considered time capsules from the early solar system, and barred olivine is a rare mineral texture not seen in Earth rocks. The study is published in Science Advances.

“Asteroids are relics of the early solar system,” Thompson said. “They’re like time capsules. We can use them to examine the origin of our solar system and to open a window to the origin of life on ...

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

How our own Solar System came to be? How we could know ... One popular hypothesis of Jupiter's origin holds that it formed at more than twice the distance at which it currently orbits from ...

Although giant cosmic impacts were common in the solar system's earliest days ... Much about the origin of the moon remains ...

The asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago probably came from the outer solar system ... study to determine the origin of the huge piece of rock that hit ...

The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our solar system that resemble ... their role in our planet’s origin.” Astronomers studying what they ...

An 11-year-long survey of the particles and antiparticles near our sun is unlocking our solar system’s history ... theory of cosmic rays’ origin. Ting and his colleagues are now working ...