The discovery of new exoplanets (aka planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system) are becoming a common regular occurrence, and the technological | Space
One of the lightest exoplanets ever found has a year that lasts a little less than eight hours. Called GJ 367b, the planet zips around a dim red dwarf star that is located fairly close to us at a distance of just 31 light-years away. The planet was found by experts looking through data that. Read more »
As our Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago, small grains of dust and ice swirled around, left over from the formation of the Sun. Through time, they collided and stuck to each other. As they grew in size, gravity helped them clump together. One such rock grew into the Earth on which we live.