Just outside Jupiter, one region may have forged six meteorite parent bodies

When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

NASA’s Psyche Mission Just Blew Past Mars. It Picked Up More Than Speed

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of the Red Planet on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 ...
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Different meteorites may have formed in same regions of solar system

New simulations show that over a period of two million years, bodies with very different compositions formed in the region ...
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What cosmic object 'Arrokoth' can tell us about our solar system's formation

A gentle bump goes a long way in the Kuiper Belt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new study from researchers at the Southwest ...
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What is the difference between a planetesimal and a dwarf planet?

The term “planetesimal” refers to small bodies that orbited the Sun prior to the planets’ formation. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ruled that a “dwarf planet” is a nearly ...