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The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical bodies that orbit it, bound by its own gravitational pull. The Solar System was thought to have formed 4.6 billion years ago. The Sun makes up the vast majority of the Solar System's mass.
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FEB 04, 2026Space & Astronomy
How does Mars lose its water, and what can this teach scientists about the planet’s ancient past when it had much ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2026Space & Astronomy
How does the solar wind get heated as it leaves the Sun and approaches Earth? This is what a recent study published in G ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 03, 2026Space & Astronomy
Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 28, 2026Space & Astronomy
How thick is the ice shell on Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy ho ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2026Space & Astronomy
How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2026Space & Astronomy
How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2026Space & Astronomy
How could life exist on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 15, 2026Space & Astronomy
How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 13, 2026Space & Astronomy
How does Mars influence Earth’s climate cycles? This is what a recent study published in the Publications of the A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2026Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2026Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers observe and study the Sun’s activity in the most efficient way despite the Sun and Earth orbit ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 17, 2025Space & Astronomy
Does Saturn’s moon Titan have a subsurface global ocean where life as we know it could exist? This is what a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 16, 2025Space & Astronomy
What new insights about the Sun has NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission reveale ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 03, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do planetary systems form and evolve? This is what a new and groundbreaking laboratory at the Southwest Research Ins ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 02, 2025Space & Astronomy
What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 28, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroid ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 24, 2025Space & Astronomy
Does Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, contain the ingredients for life as we know it, or even just life as we know it? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
How much ice is Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, losing to space when it discharges its interior ocean? This is what a re ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 17, 2025Space & Astronomy
What is the actual speed and direction of our solar system as it moves through the cosmos, and how does this compare to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 12, 2025Space & Astronomy
How long did Mars have habitable conditions for life? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysica ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 12, 2025Space & Astronomy
What new methods can be developed to explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, for future missions? This is what a rec ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How does Mars lose its water, and what can this teach scientists about the planet’s ancient past when it had much
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How does the solar wind get heated as it leaves the Sun and approaches Earth? This is what a recent study published in G
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 03, 2026
Space & Astronomy
Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 28, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How thick is the ice shell on Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy ho
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How could life exist on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 15, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 13, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How does Mars influence Earth’s climate cycles? This is what a recent study published in the Publications of the A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers observe and study the Sun’s activity in the most efficient way despite the Sun and Earth orbit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 17, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Does Saturn’s moon Titan have a subsurface global ocean where life as we know it could exist? This is what a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 16, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What new insights about the Sun has NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission reveale
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 03, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do planetary systems form and evolve? This is what a new and groundbreaking laboratory at the Southwest Research Ins
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 02, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What was Mars like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 28, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroid
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 24, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Does Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, contain the ingredients for life as we know it, or even just life as we know it? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How much ice is Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, losing to space when it discharges its interior ocean? This is what a re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 17, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What is the actual speed and direction of our solar system as it moves through the cosmos, and how does this compare to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 12, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How long did Mars have habitable conditions for life? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysica
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 12, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What new methods can be developed to explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, for future missions? This is what a rec
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc