An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 6302. The observations, detailed in a paper published Feb. 25 ...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered dry ice (carbon dioxide ice) in a planetary nebula, shedding new light on the ...

What makes this discovery even more interesting is that ices are not known to survive in planetary nebulae.

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

To uncover the history of our solar system, it is necessary to study the dynamic evolution of the ancient solar nebula materials. These materials ...

"With its unprecedented sensitivity, JWST is enabling the most detailed study of the atmospheres of these planets, giving us ...

Samples from Ryugu, a small, near-Earth asteroid, preserve natural remanent magnetization (NRM) from the early history of the solar system. However, despite multiple studies, there is currently no ...

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules—essential building ...

Paleomagnetic analysis of 28 Ryugu asteroid particles reveals stable magnetization acquired within millions of years of solar ...

Southwest Research Institute was part of an international team that demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs), key chemical precursors to life, could have been incorporated into Jupiter's ...

With the Earth moving between the moon and the sun, its giant shadow changing the moon's reflected glow from ivory to a reddish color.

New research suggests that Jupiter’s icy moons may have formed with complex organic molecules already embedded in their building blocks.