4.5 billion-year-old Saharan meteorite may be first clue in search of lost planets that disappeared from the solar system
Meteorites picked up from the Sahara Desert are beginning to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It’s not the kind of object that catches one’s attention at first glance, just a fragment of…
Is the mystery of the origin of the earth solved? Meteorites may hold secrets to life’s ingredients
Scientists involved in the study of planet formation, meteorites and the early solar system have long wondered about the origins of the ingredients that make up Earth. Studies of carbonaceous chondrites, isotopic compositions and planetary accretion…
What are the most common types of planets in the Milky Way? Scientists unveil ‘Super Earth’
According to Kepler observations, the most numerous planets in the Milky Way are super-Earths. These planets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and they have been observed in many planetary systems in the Milky Way. Super-Earths are 1 to 4…
Alcohol-filled interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shocks astronomers: Its alien chemicals could reveal information about planet formation |
Astronomers have discovered something unusual in a comet passing through the solar system. 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor confirmed so far, and it appears to be filled with methanol, an alcohol you might find in a lab rather than your drink.…