The system has provided a rich source of information on planet formation and evolution in a young solar system. Researchers used a variety of tools to compile radial velocity and transit timing ...

How do planetary systems form and evolve? This is what a new and groundbreaking laboratory at the Southwest Research ...

A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...

Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa is a planetary scientist, academic leader, and educator who serves as the director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is also ...

An artist’s concept of Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1’s outgassing activity as seen from the side. While prior radio-wavelength observations showed a jet of gas pointed toward Earth, astronomers ...