An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

The tale of our sun may begin with another star: a predecessor whose fiery death brought about the birth of our solar system.

The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and dust, twisting through the universe without direction or form. About 4.6 billion years ago, this gigantic cloud was ...

When the solar system formed, rocks (and other dense, heavy materials in the dust cloud such as iron and uranium) tended to gather closer to the Sun, and these materials combined together to form ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Narrator: Serious scientists, like myself, believe our solar system was formed by the collapse of a giant cloud of gas and rock and is held together by the gravitational pull of the Sun.

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

Dec. 11, 2023 — Asteroids offer valuable windows into the early solar system, given that they are remnants of planetary embryos that failed to form into planets. A recent analysis of samples ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...