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Dive into the physics and self-organizing dynamics behind the solar system’s structure, from the turbulent early collapse of the nebula to the creation of circumplanetary discs, shepherd moons, and ...

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In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen. Now, a new study reveals the simple ...

Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key ...

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Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

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When did Jupiter’s Galilean moons first contain the ingredients for life? This is what complementary studies published in The ...

Lead image: This artist’s conception depicts how the formation of the universe’s first stars may have appeared. Dense clouds of hydrogen and helium likely collapsed inward, increasing pressure and ...