01 November 2017
Voyager 1 spies unexpected light at the outer edges of the Solar System
... analysis shows that the theoretical boundary where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the local interstellar medium has a...The heliopause is the boundary of the heliosphere that separates the solar wind plasma (a soup of ionised gas made up of of...
13 January 2020
New study shows a split Solar System that kickstarted growth of Jupiter
... to these differences in isotopic composition as the NC–CC dichotomy, a phenomena which most likely reflects the separation of the early Solar System into an inner and outer disk separated by Jupiter, which acted as a barrier between the two regions...
27 June 2016
Protoplanetary disc shares similarities with our own Solar System say researchers
... team state that ‘whatever the formation mechanism, the detection of crystalline water ice is consistent with observations on solar system satellites, where most are detected to have crystalline ice at least at the surface.’ More information on this...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... shed light on a much earlier period in the history of the solar system. “This is a unique opportunity,” said Harold F. Levison, principal... they hold vital clues to deciphering the history of the solar system. Lucy, like the human fossil for which it ...
08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
... be witness to some striking auroras here on Earth, as the Sun has recently emitted particularly strong solar flares. It is unclear if the ensuing solar particles will generate the intense geomagnetic storms that are predicted or not, so keep an eye...
27 February 2019
FarFarOut beats FarOut as most distant Solar System body ever seen
...Object (eTNO) that is 140 AU away. The outer realm of the Solar System is a vast, chaotic and relatively little-known about domain, that... Planet Nine lay hidden in the far reaches of the Solar System and was causing a group of outliers to bunch-up...
