18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... space, or the irradiation of dust and gas within the Solar System. Aiming to narrow down the answer, researchers in the... is consistent with what happened during the formation of the Solar System five billion years ago,” Forbes said. “Although this...
27 June 2016
Protoplanetary disc shares similarities with our own Solar System say researchers
... team state that ‘whatever the formation mechanism, the detection of crystalline water ice is consistent with observations on solar system satellites, where most are detected to have crystalline ice at least at the surface.’ More information on this...
27 February 2019
FarFarOut beats FarOut as most distant Solar System body ever seen
...Object (eTNO) that is 140 AU away. The outer realm of the Solar System is a vast, chaotic and relatively little-known about domain, that... Planet Nine lay hidden in the far reaches of the Solar System and was causing a group of outliers to bunch-up...
19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... atmosphere of 2I/Borisov; the first alien comet to visit our Solar System. “At first we had a hard time believing that atomic...originated from, but also shows that the interloper and Solar System comets have even more in common than previously thought...
18 July 2018
Solar Planetary Systems
... remit and covers multiple aspects of planetary systems in 21 chapters. Following a brief introduction to the main bodies of our solar system, it addresses the origin and formation of the system and then extends this to extra...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... shed light on a much earlier period in the history of the solar system. “This is a unique opportunity,” said Harold F. Levison, principal... they hold vital clues to deciphering the history of the solar system. Lucy, like the human fossil for which it ...
