A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...
How and where the first generation of inner Solar System planetesimals formed remains poorly understood. Potential formation regions are the silicate condensation line and water snowline of the solar ...
Accretion processes in protoplanetary disks produce a diversity of small bodies. In our solar system, small bodies played a crucial role in both early and late accretion of planets, after potentially ...