Astronomy on MSN6d
Why do the solar system’s planets have different compositions?
While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.
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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
CNN on MSN11d
Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
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Our Solar System
“Solar system evolution is dynamic,” Levison says ... The key to testing the Nice model is mapmaking. Charting the composition and orbits of distant objects should reveal whether and ...