NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples from asteroid Bennu reveal stardust, water-driven chemistry, and clues to life’s origins in the ...

Telescopes, microscopes, spectrometers, and gravitational wave detectors all help to piece together the deep history of our Solar System. Thanks to new measurements of very old meteorites, the ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

These tiny spheres were formed under extreme conditions during the early solar system's chaotic environment. The study conducted by Japan’s Nagoya University and the Italian National Institute for ...

Four and a half billion years ago Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

Four and a half billion years ago, Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

Jupiter's formation disrupted planetesimal orbits, causing high-speed collisions that created molten rock droplets, or ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, as the young solar system formed, Jupiter’s rapid growth created enormous gravitational ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...