The first paper on the samples collected from China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe reveals that the specimens differ in some ways ...

The animation simulates the first 1.2 billion years of solar system history. The orbits of the 4 giant planets are shown as color ellipses. The green dots show small comet-like objects.

The solar system stretches outward from the sun ... We are currently just exploring what processes drive the formation and evolution of other solar systems, and what we can learn from this ...

With legislative momentum around clean power generation and net-zero emissions policies rapidly building, the U.S. is seeing ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a potential second Kuiper Belt, expanding the boundaries of our solar system. Here's ...

"Our own solar system, for example ... we have been able to test exciting new hypotheses for the evolution of planetary ...

Astronomers have discovered a hidden feature in exoplanet distribution that could explain the absence of so-called ...

it could have big implications for our understanding of the evolution of the Kuiper Belt and, by extension, our own Solar System. If the existence of these objects is confirmed, it would suggest ...

This mission represents not just a journey to a distant moon, but a quest to answer fundamental questions about the origins ...

In this web focus, we present research papers, overview articles and opinion pieces that discuss how large impacts influenced the evolution of the early Solar System. Melt rocks returned from the ...

A star’s flyby likely altered the orbits of trans-Neptunian objects beyond Neptune that changes how we view the solar ...

Meteorites can vary greatly in size. While some are tiny, resembling grains of sand, others can weigh several tons. The ...