Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

Recent observations of the outer Solar System using the Subaru Telescope have uncovered objects where none were expected, hinting at the possibility of a larger and more complex structure in our ...

"The Solar Family" is an 11-minute educational film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in 1936. It presents the evolution of the solar system through the lens of the planetesimal hypothesis ...

New computer models suggest the shock wave from a supernova may have jumpstarted the formation of our solar system.

But even more surprising is what the Kepler database highlights about our own solar system: namely, that we’re a bunch of celestial oddballs.

A new view of the solar system's early days proposes that the first two kinds of solid materials — the precursors of space rocks and ultimately planets — both formed at the same time.

The solar system features a unique dichotomy of planets -- the inner solar system features smaller, drier bodies, while the planets found in the outer solar system are larger and wetter.

Doing so allowed the researchers to calculate that core formation of early planetesimals likely began as early as 100,000 years to 300,000 years after the formation of the solar system.