Based on the composition of gases spewed by the icy space rock, researchers estimate that our guest might be up to 12 billion ...

A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...

A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born. In particular, a new study of the ...

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Accretion processes in protoplanetary disks produce a diversity of small bodies. In our solar system, small bodies played a crucial role in both early and late accretion of planets, after potentially ...