The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn ...
A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...
The Sun's formation caused temperature differences in the surrounding disk of gas and dust. Inner, hotter regions formed rocky planets from less volatile elements. Outer, colder regions allowed ...
Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away, scientists only have educated guesses about the combination of ices and gases that make up these ice giants. While the general understanding is that these ...
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Scientists have found that calcium, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS' CO₂-rich coma offers new clues about distant star systems, revealed through NASA and ESA ultraviolet, X-ray, and infrared data.
I/ATLAS shows baffling energy and composition that defy cometary physics, sparking scientific scrutiny and debate over its ...
SAN ANTONIO — November 12, 2024 — A Southwest Research Institute-led team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to ...