A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have revolutionized our understanding of the solar system's formation with ...
The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...
The solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Astronomers believe that roughly 100 million years into its existence, the planets first began to form in a rotating, flat cloud of gas ...
The Webb Telescope reveals new insights into icy planetesimals, shedding light on the early solar system's evolution.
Detecting molecules on distant objects in our Solar System has been complex due to Earth’s atmospheric and instrumental ...
The findings reveal the distribution of ices in the early solar system and how TNOs evolve when they travel inward into the region of the giant planets between Jupiter and Saturn, becoming centaurs.
The weather on the outer planets, including Jupiter, is tempestuous at best, being characterized by turbulent storms. (Credit: Artsiom P/Shutterstock) When studying the outer planets of our solar ...
New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...