‘Oumuamua , the first interstellar object discovered near the Earth, left us with more questions than answers. The visitor was first observed during its exit from the solar system, and the limited data that astronomical observatories were able to collect have proved challenging to explain.
24 Facts About the Solar System | Mental Floss
The solar system : It's big, it's heliocentric, and it's got space junk to spare.
At its center is a 4.5 billion-year-old star, a.k.a. our sun , that is orbited by eight planets, over 150 moons, and millions of meteoroids, comets, and asteroids, plus a few dwarf planets.
If you combined the mass of everything in the solar system, the sun would account for more than 99 percent of that mass.
Scientists Find Strong Clues Of 'Ninth Planet' In Our Solar System, Not Pluto
When Pluto was stripped of its planethood and declared a "dwarf planet" in August 2006, nobody expected a replacement to appear in 15 years. But scientists have found preliminary evidence of a ninth planet in our solar system.
The initial theories about "Planet 9" were based on its alleged gravitational pull on nearby objects. But no proof of the planet itself was found . Now, a fresh estimate posits that the so-called ninth planet in our solar system is closer and more observable than previously thought .
What young stars teach us about the birth of our solar system
A new research paper published in Nature by Espaillat and collaborators finally provides new clues as to what forces were at play when our sun was in its infancy, detecting, for the first time, a uniquely shaped spot on a baby star that reveals new information about how young stars grow.
Are you considering a solar system for your island home? | Block Island Times
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The case of the missing mantle: How impact debris may have disappeared from the solar system
Two researchers from Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration, former NewSpace Postdoctoral Fellow Travis Gabriel and doctoral student Harrison Allen-Sutter, were curious about this discrepancy and set about creating high-end computer simulations of the collisions, with
If Planet Nine Is Lurking in Our Solar System, We Finally Know Where It Is
Our solar system has had just eight known planets since Pluto was demoted, but evidence pointing to another contender for Planet Nine status has furrowed astronomers' brows for years, suspecting that it's out there, lurking in the edges of our solar system.
All evidence for Planet Nine stems from the gravitational pull it appears to have on other bodies in the outer solar system.
Dartmouth Engineering to study solar system's icy planets - Granite Geek
An engineering lab at Dartmouth has been awarded two grants totaling $1.25 million to conduct planetary science research relating to the geophysics and astrobiology of icy planets in our solar system.
“The ubiquity of icy worlds in our solar system is becoming increasingly apparent,” said Colin Meyer , assistant professor of engineering at Dartmouth.
Planet 9 may be closer and easier to find than thought—if it exists
The unseen planet is predicted to exist based on its apparent gravitational influence on a group of small objects with odd, clustered orbits. But so far, searches for it have come up empty, and critics contend that the hints of its presence are just ghosts in the data.
Now, a new analysis predicts that if it's out there, that skulking planet could be closer, brighter, and easier to spot than previously estimated.
Exploding Stars Likely Shaped the Destiny of Planet Earth | KQED
Scientists are investigating the origin of our planet and solar system by examining other, younger stars and planetary systems currently being formed.
They are looking at a star-forming region in the constellation Ophiuchus. The area is a window into the origins of other solar systems, and the vast cloud of dust and molecules in which they form.
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