... not only gives us clues as to the formation and evolution of our own planet but of habitable conditions in the solar system and beyond. Complex atmosphere A day on Titan lasts a lengthy 16 Earth-days and it orbits Saturn at a considerable distance...
... world would be a better place. Just as we are reaching the threshold of leaving low Earth orbit to populate the solar system, are we also now entering a ‘post-overview effect world’, in which humanity is increasingly aware of its role as astronauts...
... solely responsible for the KPg extinction event, but that a giant molecular cloud passing through the solar system led to an environmental catastrophe of Earth, driven by an enhanced flux of cosmic dust particles and cosmic rays, which caused...
... lurking within astronomers have spotted a relic of the inner primordial Solar System - the first of its kind to be confirmed so far ...strengthen theories about the dynamical evolution of the Solar System that describes how the planets ended up where ...
...kilometre ball of rock is the very first object in the Solar System shown to have an extrasolar origin. Late last year, the... 400 metres long) rocky object was hurtling through the Solar System on an interstellar sojourn around the Sun. Named after ...
..., Ultima Thule comes from a region known as the Kuiper belt; a broad, ring-shaped structure in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune’s orbit, which contains chunks of primitive icy material thought to be the building blocks of planets. Ultima...