Planetary Formation

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3w ago

Simulations Suggest Rocky-Planet Building Blocks Formed 100 Million Years After the Big Bang

Computer models indicate the first stars’ supernovae could have quickly enriched nearby gas to make water-bearing disks capable of seeding early rocky planets.

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2mo ago

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Ancient, Cold Origin in JWST and Ground Spectra

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3mo ago

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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4mo ago

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

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5mo ago

ALMA Finds Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Strikingly Methanol‑Rich With Unusual Outgassing

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7mo ago

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

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10mo ago

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

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10mo ago

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

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11mo ago

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

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11mo ago

The Moon Is Drifting Farther From Earth by 3.8 Centimeters a Year

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this yr.

SwRI Says Interstellar Comet Flybys Are Achievable as 3I/ATLAS Defies Expectations

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last yr.

Simulations Point to Carbon as Trigger for Earth’s Inner-Core Formation

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last yr.

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

Planetary Formation

Simulations Suggest Rocky-Planet Building Blocks Formed 100 Million Years After the Big Bang

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Ancient, Cold Origin in JWST and Ground Spectra

Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

ALMA Finds Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Strikingly Methanol‑Rich With Unusual Outgassing

Mars-Mass Iron Bar Discovered Inside the Ring Nebula by New WEAVE Spectrograph

No Alien Signals Detected From Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS in Green Bank Scan

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

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Planetary Formation

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

The Moon Is Drifting Farther From Earth by 3.8 Centimeters a Year

SwRI Says Interstellar Comet Flybys Are Achievable as 3I/ATLAS Defies Expectations

Simulations Point to Carbon as Trigger for Earth’s Inner-Core Formation

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

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Planetary Formation