The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

Have you ever wondered why the planets in our solar system align along a flat plane? Discover the science behind this cosmic arrangement, from the formation of the protoplanetary disk to the forces ...

The study analyzed the circumstellar disks of a pair of stars, learning about how planets are formed from some unexpected ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...

Scientists now think that a mysterious object massive enough to have gravitational interactions with the Solar System’s disk ...

Planets are formed when dust and rock in a disk around a young star collide and combine to form ever larger bodies. This ...

A close encounter with a mysterious interstellar object could explain the current orbits of several of Earth’s largest ...

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