Pre-solar grains solar system formation: Caltech researchers confirm that stardust from ancient stars survived extreme nebular heat above 1,400°C to seed crystallization of calcium-aluminum-rich ...

Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

How did the first solids that made up planets, moons and asteroids form from the "hot soup" that characterized our solar system's earliest years? New research from Caltech analyzing pieces of a ...

Astro Brief is a podcast collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science. Hosted by Dr. Mike Reed, Astro Brief focuses on ...

Observations of a young star offer a glimpse of the high-temperature conditions that shaped rock formation in the early Solar System. Most of our knowledge about the Solar System’s formation and ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These late-forming bodies match the ages and ...

PHOENIX — A Flagstaff scientist is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in an effort to uncover how the solar system was formed. Astronomer Dr. Will Grundy is a planetary ...