Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Ever since 2006, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...

Silicon monoxide gas detected by JWST signals the sublimation and recondensation of silicate dust into crystalline minerals. These minerals combine into pebbles, the earliest building blocks of ...

In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team of researchers including planetary scientist and cosmochemist James Lyons of Arizona State University (ASU) has ...

In 2011, scientists confirmed a suspicion: There was a split in the local cosmos. Samples of the solar wind brought back to Earth by the Genesis mission definitively determined oxygen isotopes in the ...

New research explains how meteorites called aubrites may actually be shattered pieces of the planet closest to the sun from the early days of the solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Mercury does not ...

Earth may have been subjected to repeated collisions with rocky protoplanets early in its history, new research suggests. William Bottke, a planetary scientist with the Southwest Research Institute in ...

In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team including planetary scientists has compared the composition of the sun to the composition of the most ancient materials ...

Scientists knew a burst of UV light left its mark on our solar system. Now they know the source of that light. In 2011, scientists confirmed a suspicion: There was a split in the local cosmos. Samples ...