The film discusses the formation of the solar system, originating from a vast cloud of gas and dust over 4.5 billion years ago. It highlights the role of comets, which may contain remnants of the ...

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About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of a new solar system. Using a combination of data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ...

What can a newly discovered interstellar comet teach scientists about solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the National Astronomy Meeting 2025 hopes to ...

Silicon monoxide gas detected by JWST signals the sublimation and recondensation of silicate dust into crystalline minerals. These minerals combine into pebbles, the earliest building blocks of ...

Researchers examine meteorites containing material from our Solar System's birth. Not exactly related to this story, but it reminds me of how awesome it is that most heavy metals (heavier than iron, ...

Rosetta's trip to a comet might make scientists second guess the idea that magnetic fields led to the formation of planets. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...