Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

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A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago. Then the planets began to emerge, as the billions of particles of gas ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected and groundbreaking discovery in our solar system—a ring system forming around Chiron, a ...

Scientists have watched a solar system being born for the first ever time. Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the first pieces of material that will go onto form planets. A solar system has ...

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When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.