Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner solar system. New research from Rice University reveals that Jupiter played a ...

"Without it, we might not have Earth as we know it."Using computer simulations, Izidoro and his colleagues modeled how ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists decode the Sun's most complex mysteries. In a first for space weather, researchers from academia, industry, and the Universities Space Research ...

Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...