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The orbits of the main bodies in the solar system. Courtesy of CALTECH

A new solution to an old mystery: Why isn't the interior of our solar system spinning faster?

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The key to solving a long-standing mystery about thin disks of gas orbiting young stars: the movement of a small number of charged particles. This is claimed in a new Caltech study
An illustration of the solar system in its early stages, with omoamua-like objects. Illustration courtesy of NASA/ESO/Danor Aharon

The seeds of the planets came from other solar systems

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A simulation of a supermassive black hole with an accretion disk around it. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

A method that significantly improves the measurement of the mass of black holes in the centers of galaxies

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