Astrophysicists have long theorized that there should be planets out there that are, in size, somewhere between Earth and ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

some of which may have contributed material to the terrestrial planets." Angrites are a distinct group of meteorites, characterized by olivine-bearing basaltic minerals and unique isotopic ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

My research focuses on terrestrial planets and moons. I am particularly interested in polar ice caps and their interactions with planetary atmospheres. For example, the polar deposits of Mars record ...

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...