Four and a half billion years ago, Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...

Four and a half billion years ago Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

F or the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in ...

New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices ...

Jupiter's gravity, often called the "architect" of our solar system, played a critical role in shaping the orbits of other planets and sculpting the disk of gas and dust from which they formed.

This means they haven’t changed since they formed 4.5 billion years ago. As such, this asteroid-comet hybrid could hold clues to how the solar system formed.

"This system is one of the best that we know to actually probe some of the processes that happened in our Solar System." At this point, HOPS-315 is just one datapoint in a whole galaxy.

Our model's findings don't much affect how the solar system formed, but it does suggest that it was indeed a very complex environment with all manner of chemicals, organic or otherwise.

Discovery of oxygen raises new questions about how solar system formed. In this undated photo, Rosetta finds oxygen on comet 67P. ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 — -- The European ...