For the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in meteorites. A study by Japan’s Nagoya University and the Italian National ...

Astronomers have photographed for the first time a growing planet embedded in a dark gap of a dusty, multi-ringed disk around a young star -- offering rare evidence of how giant planets form. “Dozens ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

Carpenter, John M., Bouwman, Jeroen, Mamajek, Eric E., Meyer, Michael R., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Backman, Dana E., Henning, Thomas, Hines, Dean C., Hollenbach, David ...

Recent research indicates Mercury is shrinking, with its radius decreasing by 2.7 to 5.6 kilometers due to core cooling. This contraction forms thrust faults and scarps on the surface. A new ...

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Planets Outside the Solar System: Theory and Observations, Cargèse, Corsica, France, May 5-15, 1998"--T.p. verso ...

Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought ...

NASA's Hubble has spotted 3I/ATLAS, the fastest interstellar object ever, zooming through our solar system at 130,000 mph. Though smaller than initially thought, it remains the largest interstellar ...

A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that's in ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, vast clouds of dust began to accumulate to form the solar system. Ancient asteroids such as Bennu contain the remnants of this formative moment, allowing scientists to ...