A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

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Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

New Haven, Conn. — Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period — even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed — Earth’s solar system and its ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...