Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have confirmed the very rare discovery of a new planet early in …
Scientists believe they have identified a meteorite formed in the first million years of our solar system, making it the oldest known meteor of volcanic origin. The space rock, which began its journey some 4.5 billion years ago, has already proved an "exceptional" witness to the building blocks of the planets. - 'Thrown into space' - The so-called "parent body" …
Scientists believe they have identified a meteorite formed in the first million years of our solar system, making it the oldest known meteor of volcanic origin. The space rock, which began its journey some 4.5 billion years ago, has already proved an "exceptional" witness to the building blocks of the planets. 'Thrown into space' The so-called "parent body" of Erg …
Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, may have been smacked head-on by an embryonic planet 10 times Earth’s mass not long after being formed, a monumental crash with apparent lasting effects on the Jovian core, scientists said on Thursday. Interior models based on Juno data indicated Jupiter has a large “diluted” core representing about 5 to 15 percent of the …
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The first images showed bright spots dotting its surface that were thought at first to be ice, but are now seen to be salty deposits, probably from upwelling briny water from underground. But even then, the drier locations still have plenty of water ice; it probably makes …
