Scientists Just Found the Solar System’s Original “Planet Factory”

Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter.

Mysterious dust ring beyond Jupiter formed many of our Solar System’s earliest worlds

In the young Solar System, a dust trap beyond Jupiter may have built wildly different meteorite parent bodies over two ...

Just outside Jupiter, one region may have forged six meteorite parent bodies

When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...
KSAT

Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say

NEW YORK – A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual ...
Forbes

Where Newly Found World ‘Ammonite’ Is In Solar System — And Why It Matters

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. 2023 KQ14, nicknamed “Ammonite,” is a trans-Neptunian object ...
Boston Herald

Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from ...