This model of solar system formation is known as the nebular hypothesis. The solar system is structured in a roughly flat plane called the ecliptic, with most planets orbiting the sun in the same ...

Thanks to JWST, we've learned key details about methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life — on ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low density stretching for a ...

Maps can help locate the different land and water features areas of Earth. ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System (6-8) The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, ...

The Moon's surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometers across ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's ...

Aditya-L1, a new solar observatory launched in 2023, wasted no time proving its worth. Just a few months after it was ...

UCF scientists and collaborators analyzed far-away bodies — known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) — and found varying ...