A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...
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A Soft Collision in the Early Solar System May Explain Mercury’s Giant Metal Heart
Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...
Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...
The asteroid belt may seem permanent, but it is far from static. Its slow decline reveals a more violent past when more ...
Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...
In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the ...
Astronomers have discovered a significant “growth spurt” in a rogue planet outside of our solar system. The free-floating planet is currently consuming gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of ...
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Exoplanet Discoveries Pass the 6,000 Mark, Shedding Light on How Our Solar System Compares to the Rest of the Universe
The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...
New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...
Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...
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