20 June 2016
Trio of hot Jupiters give clue to their formation
... instead formed beyond the snow line, where abundant material allowed the planet core to grow. Through some as yet unexplained process, the planet then migrates inwards, collecting the gaseous bulk that makes up its mass and...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... categories based on what they can tell us about: solar system formation; delivery of life-elements to the planets; giant planet migration; processes in an evolving solar system; hazards to life; and future critical resources. The discoveries from...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... of planetesimals from the four growing giant planets migrated within the first five million years following ...would lead to a better understanding of the extent of volatile migration across the Solar System. Diverse surface geology on Jovian moon...
09 May 2018
First confirmed carbon-rich asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
...the dynamical evolution of the Solar System that describes how the planets ended up where we see them today. One of the ... beginnings, the gas giants brought further turmoil as they migrated inwards towards the Sun and then outward, disrupting and ...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... of the most regular climate phenomena that we have, the planet’s ‘heartbeat’. Cassini has demonstrated that Saturn is no different ...ices) was incorporated into the planet as it formed, and did the planet migrate inwards and outwards through the young...
