Solar system formation got its most precise explanation yet: a new Max Planck study traces all six carbonaceous chondrite ...

Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter.

A team of researchers has pinpointed a key region in the early Solar System where the building blocks of planets, called ...

A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it may mark one of the messiest moments ...

Scientists used some of the most advanced plasma simulations ever created to uncover how the universe builds enormous magnetic fields out of turbulence. The discovery could reshape our understanding ...

University of Warwick astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.

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The bright rings that newborn planets create around their young stars can be studied to figure out their masses.

Looking at the Solar System, Jupiter and Uranus both have plenty of irregular moons. In supercomputer simulations, the ...

Scientists in India have assessed the accuracy of three widely-used simulation tools in predicting the performance of a ...