The tale of our sun may begin with another star: a predecessor whose fiery death brought about the birth of our solar system.

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust ...

"This nebular field disappeared around 3 to 4 million years after the solar system's formation, and we are fascinated with ...

Scientists say they have "decisively" overturned the prevailing theory for how planets in our Solar System formed. The established view is that material violently crashed together to form ever ...