According to a new study, a low-mass supernova roughly 12 times heavier than our sun may have triggered a gravitational collapse that eventually created our solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered something about the interstellar comet that's never been observed before, ...

“Therefore, these interplanetary dust particles survived from the time before formation of the planetary bodies in the solar system, and provide insight into the chemistry of those ancient ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

F or the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in ...

A new theory of the solar system's formation provides an alternative to the idea our system formed from a supernova.

When most of us learn about the solar system, it seems like a pretty well-ordered place. Our Sun formed first, about five billion years ago, and the planets appeared a little later. As a very ...

'Little Bang' Triggered Solar System Formation Date: October 3, 2008 Source: Carnegie Institution Summary: For several decades, scientists have debated whether the Solar System formed as a result ...