Mysterious spherical droplets in meteorites aren’t just cosmic oddities. They’re evidence of planetary formation.

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

F or the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved in ...

Learn how scientists used ancient raindrops preserved in meteorites to accurately date Jupiter’s creation for the first time.

Meteorites discovered on Earth escaped the violent formation of the planet Jupiter, and now researchers have analyzed these ...

Billions of years ago, Jupiter’s violent growth transformed the young solar system, smashing icy and rocky bodies together at ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

A billion or so years into its evolution, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may have had the right conditions to sustain life, which ...

The ice line By studying computer models and observing the creation of other star systems, astronomers like us have learned a lot about the early days of our solar system.

Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger.