There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

A new peer-reviewed study finds that early planet formations were assembled from fragments of earlier bodies within the Solar System.

About 4.6 billion years ago, our corner of space was basically just a boring cloud of gas and dust floating […] ...

A mysterious space object named 2023 KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite,” challenges theories about the mysterious and possible Planet ...

Damanveer Singh Grewal suggests that planetesimals in the early solar system emerged from a succession of high-energy ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

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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 Space ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

A new planetary system is forming around the young star HOPS-315. Scientists observed the earliest stages of planet formation around another star. The process involves the cooling and solidifying of ...

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...