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A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...
There are lots of objects floating around in our solar system, but one thing most have in common is a common origin, and then ...
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...
Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...
An international research team led by the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has discovered two new planets performing ...
A newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.
The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.