Did the young Sun swallow a super-Earth? New models hint at a lost planet
Super-Earths orbit almost every other star but none survive in our own system. This model floats a dramatic reason: the infant Sun may have eaten ours, hiding the evidence deep inside itself.
Build a RockyMars's southern highlands sit over a mantle 200-400C hotter than the north
Mars was long modeled with a symmetric interior; a lopsided, still-warm mantle suggests rocky planets can lock in deep hemispheric imbalances as they form, reshaping how we read a world's surface from the inside out.
Build a RockyVenus Moon Would Have Been Doomed From The Start, Says New Paper
Why Venus has no moon, unlike Earth, is a clue to how a planet's spin, tides, and early history decide whether it can keep a companion.
Build a Venus LikeBreaking the Ice: The Origins of Carbon Oxides on Uranus's Moons
The icy moons of the outer solar system are natural chemistry labs, and JWST is finally sharp enough to trace where their surface ingredients originate — sharpening the science case for a future Uranus mission.
The Sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence
Young planetary systems can be violent places, and new work hints our own Sun may have devoured an early super-Earth, a clue to how newborn systems reshuffle and lose worlds.
Build a RockyWhat's Carving Active Gullies on Mars? It's Not Water
Mars's active gullies appear to be carved by seasonal carbon-dioxide frost rather than liquid water — a vivid reminder that rocky worlds can be reshaped by processes with no Earthly equivalent.
Build a RockyNASA's Next Great Observatory Could Spot Oceans on Distant Worlds
Spotting the mirror-like glint of a star off a distant sea would be the first direct evidence of surface oceans beyond the solar system, a major step toward finding genuinely Earth-like exoplanets.
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