Over millions of years, these objects grew larger, sweeping up material in their orbits and becoming the planets we know today. This model of solar system formation is known as the nebular hypothesis.

17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ... a compelling new model for the formation of super ...

This week, an old astronomical controversy is renewed as researchers present new evidence for a hidden "Planet X" in our solar system.

"Space weather impacts can have the same symptoms as a cyberattack, where systems will be brought down, or lockup, or ...

However, the prospect of Planet Nine remains a debated topic within the scientific ... orbits observed among some objects in the Kuiper Belt at the outer edges of our solar system.

Astronomers believe that our solar ... systems, according to CNN. The search began in 2014 when astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo noticed unusual patterns in the orbits of several ...

"This result suggests that in Jupiter-like orbits, most planetary systems may not mirror our solar system," said co-author Youn Kil Jung of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute ...

It is believed that there are more such super-Earths outside our solar system. It is common to have such planets orbiting their stars.

There are many asteroids in our Solar System which orbit the Sun in oval or egg-shaped elliptical orbits which can take millions of years to complete. There are large numbers of asteroids orbiting ...

The sun and our solar system are passing through the Local Bubble, and have been doing so for the past five million years or so. The cloud, named Eos after the goddess of Greek mythology who ...

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.