Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets ...

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists decode the Sun's most complex mysteries. In a first for space weather, researchers from academia, industry, and the Universities Space Research ...

Jupiter's influence on our Solar System dates back to a time when Earth was still just a cloud of dust and gas. Long before ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today." Astronomers have discovered a massive new solar system body located ...

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