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

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Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7 ... into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ... New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions ...

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

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

The world’s first invisible solar cell is here! Learn how transparent solar panels could turn windows into energy sources and ...

New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions Nov. 12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets ...

While not a detection of life itself, this study shows that the Solar System may have been far more conducive to life in its distant past then we previously believed. Some 4.5 billion years ago ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

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