Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary ...
A new study suggests Earth formed almost entirely from material in the inner Solar System, challenging the idea that ...
Asteroid Bennu's chemical fingerprint is revealing new clues about where it formed and the surprising role Jupiter played in ...
Thousands of planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, offering clues to where life might thrive and whether ...
A newly reported radio signature from Beta Pictoris b is giving astronomers a rare way to investigate the magnetic environment of a planet beyond our solar system. Observations with South Africa’s ...
Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...
If the outer solar system’s first solid bodies had come with a recipe, it would have called for a generous helping of chondrules, millimeter-sized beads of rock forged by heat, and very little icy ...
Iron meteorites show the first bodies of the early solar system were 83% to 92% dry rock, with water arriving millions of ...
Ancient grains inside one of the oldest known meteorites reveal that a surprisingly strong magnetic field existed during the solar system’s first 200,000 years. The discovery suggests magnetism worked ...
Blueprint for Planetary Intelligence] Vol. 29 Late Heavy Bombardment: Delivery of Volatiles (Water and Organic Matter) from ...