18 October 2021
NASA's Lucy mission launches, encounters problem with solar panel
... humanity's evolution, NASA hopes Lucy the space probe will revolutionise our understanding of the Solar System by studying “fossils” of planetary formation; Trojans. Clustered in two loose groups in an orbit around Jupiter – one group leads ahead...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
... finding which provides direct evidence of the dynamic evolution of the solar system. On this planet at least, water is key to life...solar system cold enough for water and carbon dioxide to freeze, and these conditions would place the site of formation...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...Vesta spacecraft. Vesta, with an iron-nickel core some 220 km in diameter, is the first protoplanet we have visited. Solar system formation About 4.6 billion years ago the collapse of an interstellar cloud of dust and gas heralded the creation of our...
25 May 2020
Clashing galaxies may have triggered Solar System formation says new study
... but could also be responsible for the formation of the Solar System, say scientists studying data from ESA’s ambitious... colleagues study found evidence of a recent burst of star formation, suggesting a possible new and ongoing wave of stellar birth...
January 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
..., 13-21. 36 Morbidelli, A. (2008). Origin and dynamical evolution of comets and their reservoirs. Lectures on comet dynamics and outer solar system formation at the 35th Saas-Fee advanced course.
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... atmosphere and therefore water – a missing link in the search for life elsewhere. Those who investigate solar system formation, and in particular formation of the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, often consider that at least the...
