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The formation of the solar system

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Conceptual Image Lab at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's James Webb Telescope will investigate the beginnings of our solar system

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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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Jupiter formed at a distance four times greater from the Sun than its current position today, according to a new simulation. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The long journey he did justice to reach his current trajectory

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Jupiter's Red Spot as imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Justice had growth disorders

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This image shows the spectacular region of star formation where methyl isocyanate is found. Inside the circle - an illustration showing the molecular structure of this chemical. Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/L. Calçada

One of the basic building blocks of life was discovered in solar systems in the stages of their formation

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A visualization showing Nas' two new missions - Lucy and Seiki.

Meet Lucy and Seiki: NASA's new space missions

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Illustration of a protoplanetary disc around a young star. Imaging: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle.

The tumultuous resume of the solar system

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Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe collecting a sample from the Bennu asteroid. Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.

A seven-year journey to retrieve sixty grams of an asteroid

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A neutron star collision that creates a supernova. Illustration: shutterstock

Prof. Zvi Piran to the Hidaan website: "The solar system was lucky during its formation to receive an excess of heavy elements from the close merger of neutron stars"

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Comparing the size of Earth and Mars on the same scale. Image: NASA

Why is Earth bigger than Mars?

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Asteroid attack on Earth and Moon. Illustration: shutterstock

Oceans from the sky / David Jewitt and Edward D. Young

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A little thicker than a hair and sheds light on the beginning of life. The ancient zircon crystal. Photography: John Valley

A crumb from the rock of our existence: scientists have discovered the oldest crystal in Israel

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We owe our lives to the comets

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Will there be evidence of a planet that orbited the sun in an orbit not far from that of the earth?

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Rain from the sun in the gas giants of the solar system

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Asteroid impacts changed the face of Earth 3.2 billion years ago

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