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Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...

Meteorites, known as messengers of the Solar System, are critical objects for studying the formation and evolution of planets ...

The cosmos never ceases to amaze, and the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is the latest celestial body to capture the attention of scientists and enthusiasts alike. As it made its closest approach to the ...

Space is filled with outliers. While some solar systems function similarly to ours, others embody astrophysical properties that scientists still cannot explain. Some extrasolar gas giants, for ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Jupiter, the colossal planet at the heart of our solar system, has long been a subject of intrigue. Recent research from Rice ...

For the study, the researchers made several remarkable and new discoveries: the two M-type stars that comprise the binary ...