The first scientific report from the flyby of the distant Kuiper belt object (KBO) Ultima Thule, shows two objects gently joined together in a cosmic kiss that is believed to be the process that ...

University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our solar system. Subscribe to our ...

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The universe is often portrayed as a vast stretch of emptiness, but in reality, it’s filled with unfathomable explosions, mind-bending gravitational anomalies, and an untold number of cataclysmic ...

system. Detailed structure of such inner region has been revealed for the first time thanks to the mid-infrared high-resolution observations. The results here have a large impact on the study of ...

Most meteorites that have landed on Earth are fragments of planetesimals, the very earliest protoplanetary bodies in the solar system. Scientists have thought that these primordial bodies either ...

Scientists believe the early days of our solar system were, literally, a period of violent chaos. Asteroids, comets, or protoplanets collided from all directions, dust clouds formed and then clumped ...