That they have been discovered at a distance from HOPS-315 like our own asteroid belt gives a great analogy with the early solar system (Phys.org).

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, ...

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...

And one day, the solar system will cease to exist. But when will the solar system end? And how will it die out? The answers to those questions depend on how we define the death of the solar system.

NASA's spacecraft Osiris Rex briefly touched the surface of the asteroid Bennu, using a robotic arm to collect around 120g of ...

Object Details author Chambers, John (John E.) Author Mitton, Jacqueline Notes Available in 2013. Contents Cosmic archaeology -- Discovering the solar system -- An evolving solar system -- The ...

Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that ...

Age data for certain classes of meteorite have made it possible to gain new findings on the origin of small water-rich astronomical bodies in the early solar system. These planetesimals ...