The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Artist rendition of the protosun and the solar nebula. Oxygen isotopes can be altered by ultraviolet light (gold arrows) in this environment as well. Short-lived radiogenic isotopes of aluminum ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...