When the solar system formed, rocks (and other dense, heavy materials in the dust cloud such as iron and uranium) tended to gather closer to the Sun, and these materials combined together to form ...

地球的诞生离不开太阳系的形成。大约在46亿年前，太阳系的形成始于一个巨大的分子云。这些分子云主要由氢、氦及少量重元素组成，经过重力的作用，逐渐坍缩形成了一个旋转的盘状结构。

This breakthrough could change how we understand the Solar System's formation and history, and it suggests similarities between our Solar System and other planetary systems, which holds important ...

Meanwhile, flying in a tetrahedral formation will optimize the ... or envisioned instruments— and exploring aspects of the solar system, such as the hypothetical Planet 9, among other endeavors." ...

Trying to understand the makeup and evolution of the solar system's Kuiper belt has kept researchers busy since it was ...

Solar and cosmochemical data indicate high levels of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in the Sun. Researchers have unveiled a new ...

Magnetism itself may have given our solar system the architecture needed for habitability. A team at the University of Oxford ...

Ngoc Truong, an SwRI postdoctoral researcher. “Solar system formation models using the new solar composition successfully ...