Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking a step toward better understanding our sun's elusive behavior.

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

MADDIE: There are a lot of stars in our universe. And the sun is a star that gives out heat and light. The sun is at the centre of the solar system. The solar system is the name we use to describe ...

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There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

MyDream Universe is a sandbox space simulation game. Start from a small asteroid absorbing other asteroids to form a solar system. Roaming sandbox universe and discover wandering planets or solars ...