Sentences with phrase «young by our solar system»
After all, its surface is about 65 million years old, which is extremely young by our solar system's standards, little more than 1.5 % of the solar system's age.
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«Even if our formation wasn't triggered by a supernova, the presence of decay products of certain radioactive elements points to a supernova perhaps seeding the already formed young solar system with enriched elements.»
New work led by Carnegie's Jacqueline Faherty surveyed various properties of 152 suspected young brown dwarfs in order to categorize their diversity and found that atmospheric properties may be behind much of their differences, a discovery that may apply to planets outside the solar system as well.
The VLA has been used by more than 2200 researchers and has made important discoveries in nearly every astronomical specialty, from studies of the Sun and planets within the Solar System to young galaxies and quasars billions of light - years away.
Formed by the impact of a large asteroid or comet, Caloris is one of the largest, and possibly one of the youngest, basins in the Solar System.
On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find.