A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
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 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 ...
Protoplanetary disk. Figure from a computer simulation visualizing the formation of planets (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12278 ). Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. August 22, 2024, Mountain View, CA - An ...
A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...