July 2021

Scientists led by Sunao Hasegawa of JAXA, the Japanese space agency, have reported the discovery of two red objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These intruding objects are believed to be formed beyond Neptune and sort…

Artistic interpretation of an asteroid belt. Picture: NasaThey are red, they are big enough, and they have nothing to doin the main asteroid belt, but their discovery confirms the complex conditions in place when the solar system was still!-->!-->!-->…

An unexpected discovery could help us understand where life on Earth comes from.Red rocksA team of astronomers have spotted two mysterious objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that appear to be loaded with organic matter,…

Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth 66 million years ago in the Yucatan Peninsula ... in (which is modern) Mexico. This impact is believed to have resulted in the deaths of dinosaurs and other groups of…

The discovery, if correct, would offer evidence of planetary migration at the start of the solar system, particularly in support of an idea called the Nice model, with Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all moving outward. , and Jupiter slightly…

Artist's illustration of the asteroid belt of our solar system. Credit: NASA / McREL Asteroids, sometimes referred to as minor planets, are rocky remnants of the initial formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. The…

The early Sun's magnetic field may have driven the processes that resulted in the iron-rich cores of the terrestrial planets. Credit: NASA / SDO / AIA / LMSAL. The iron-nickel metal cores of terrestrial planets decrease in!-->…