Might the first moments of planet formation be more understandable than ever before? Fresh observations suggest that the creation of worlds such as our own is perhaps happening right in front of us, ...

Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, suggesting a shared origin in the early solar system. This revelation not only ...

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...

For a long time, engineers have contented themselves with setting strict degradation and unavailability numbers, often guided by an independent engineer’s recommendation, and handed those assumptions ...

The outer reaches of our Solar System continue to reveal a complex dynamical environment where the interplay of gravitational forces shapes the orbits of a myriad of distant bodies. Research in this ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, ...