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Astronomers observe the earliest moments of a new solar system
Researchers were able to observe the creation of the first specks of planet-forming material around a baby star 1,300 light ...
New worlds in the making: Is this how our solar system was born?
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the very first solid particles forming around a baby sun-like star, HOPS-315, over 1,300 light-years away. Using Nasa’s James Webb Telescope and ALMA in ...
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Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'?
"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today." ...
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer
The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...
Scientists watch a solar system being born for the first ever time
Scientists have watched a solar system being born for the first ever time. Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the ...
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Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied rocky planet, scientists say
Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...
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This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours
A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.