It presents the evolution of the solar system through the lens of the planetesimal hypothesis, a theory suggesting that planets formed from small celestial bodies accumulating over time.

Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three main groups of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer Solar System.

The water distribution inside the Moon appears to be somewhat lopsided. According to an analysis of lunar materials collected ...

These are the Nebular Hypothesis of Laplace, the Planetesimal Hypothesis of Chamberlin and Moulton, and the Capture Theory of See. Darwings theory of Tidal Friction is scarcely a distinct ...

On the planetesimal hypothesis, the two internal zones find a ready explanation. It is supposed that the earth began as a nebulous knot, and that it has grown up to its present mass by the capture ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Laboratory astrophysics is the study of astrophysical phenomena in the laboratory (Earth- or space-based). This might include various aspects of astrochemistry (chemical reactions under extreme ...