The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

How giant impacts shaped the formation of the solar system's planets. News. By Paul Sutter published 10 January 2024 Astronomers still aren't exactly sure how planets get their start.

Dr. Wes Fraser, a co-investigator on the New Horizons science team and the lead author of the study, highlighted the broader implications of the findings. "Our Solar System’s Kuiper Belt long ...

A new view of the solar system's early days proposes that the first two kinds of solid materials — the precursors of space rocks and ultimately planets — both formed at the same time.

To reproduce the orbits and masses of the terrestrial planets (analogs) of the solar system, most studies scrutinize simulations for success as a batch. However, there is insufficient discussion in… ...

A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born. In particular, a new study of the ...