New work offers fresh evidence supporting the supernova shock wave theory of our solar system’s origin. According to one longstanding theory, our Solar System’s formation was triggered by a shock wave ...

New work from Carnegie’s Alan Boss and Sandra Keiser provides surprising new details about the trigger that may have started the earliest phases of planet formation in our solar system. It is ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been constantly changing as it makes its way through our solar system. That's to be ...

A new peer-reviewed study finds that early planet formations were assembled from fragments of earlier bodies within the Solar System.

The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

The early solar system is still a bit of a mystery to scientists, but the secret to learning Jupiter's origins might be ...

I/ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS. Each offers unique insights into shape, composition, and trajectory, revealing ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star.