Scientists have proposed a shocking new theory for the origin of the moon, and their calculations suggest Earth once had a secret world hiding right next door. Astronomers believe that the moon was ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other universities are analyzing tiny particles from a distant asteroid to learn more about how the outer solar system was formed and shaped ...

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This figure illustrates the formation and numerical replication of barred olivine, a unique crystalline texture found in chondrules within meteorites. (a) A polarized light micrograph shows a natural ...