THE object of the present treatise is to establish in a modified form the nebular theory of Laplace, by the introduction of some original views which have long occupied the attention of the author.

Ever since man perceived that the solar system is a cohort of planets revolving around a central sun, at different distances but in the same direction and in almost the same plane, he has wondered how ...

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LIVERMORE, Calif. — Scientists have found that calcium, aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the ...

In the beginning, all was dust and gas. For a while, anyway — until a great gas cloud, called the solar nebula, in what would become our solar system gradually condensed. Then came the Sun. Eventually ...

The prevailing model for planetary accretion, also called fractal assembly, and dating back as far as the 18th century, assumes that the Solar System's planets grew as small grains colliding ...

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