New connections discovered between the Sun's photosphere and CI chondrites meteorites, providing clues about the origin of materials.

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

The primordial solar nebula was much larger than previously thought, and this may have implications for studying the planet ...

Artist rendition of the protosun and the solar nebula. Oxygen isotopes can be altered by ultraviolet light (gold arrows) in this environment as well. Short-lived radiogenic isotopes of aluminum ...

Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

The Protoplanetary Disk and Planet Formation Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system originated from a vast cloud of gas and dust known as the solar nebula. As this nebula collapsed ...

This could challenge long-standing ideas about the planet's internal structure and history, and may even reveal details of the nebula our solar system coalesced from. The research is published in ...

The nebula's gravity pulls the dispersed gas and ... Silicates are a key part of star formation, as well as the formation of solar systems. These molecules are found in the interstellar medium ...