How Did Mars Get Its Moons?

Mars has two moons, but they're not quite like Earth's moon. That's raised a lot of questions about where they're from, ...
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Planet Maldek: The Lost World That Became Mars

Long before Earth’s rise, a planet called Maldek may have ruled our solar system — until a cataclysm tore it apart. What ...
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Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun. Four of the solar system ...

Mars Discovery Means ‘Galaxy Could Be Teeming With Life,’ Scholar Says

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Rare images capture a comet from outside our solar system whizzing by Mars

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted ...

How Jupiter shaped the early solar system and the birth of planets

Jupiter's rapid early growth dramatically reshaped our solar system, scientists now reveal. Its immense gravity acted as a ...
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This comet has given researchers from Arizona insights into how solar systems are made

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.