Fluctuating levels of radioactive iron-60 suggest the solar system recently entered a cosmic cloud.
A research team led by the University of Arizona has reconstructed in unprecedented detail the history of a dust grain that formed during the birth of the solar system more than 4.5 billion years ago.
Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota – If the chorus of “wows” and “ohs” was any indication, the “sky dome” was a big hit among students Thursday, March 16 at South Point Elementary School. In the gymnasium, ...
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, ...