Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...

Chondrules, Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), and fine-grained matrix are the main components of chondritic meteorites (chondrites) coming from undifferentiated asteroids 1. Chondrules are igneous ...

A Harvard scientist has suggested that our Solar System may be far more crowded with interstellar objects, chunks of rock or ice from other star systems, than anyone realized. Avi Loeb, who made ...