Planetary formation

Moon may have formed through Earth’s collision with close neighbor, study finds Artist's illustration showing a fireball slamming into a hot lava covered planet. The sun is visible in the background.

Moon may have formed through Earth’s collision with close neighbor, study finds

Meteorites, lunar samples help scientists unravel the 4.5-billion-year-old mystery of ‘Theia’

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds Artist illustration of a bright star surrounded by rings of slowly differentiating material

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds

Why some planets eat their own skies View of a star partially obscured by a large rocky planet with magma ocean

Why some planets eat their own skies

Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’ Death star

Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’

Daniel Fabrycky BW

Daniel Fabrycky

Title: Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Expertise: Exoplanets, Planetary formation, Planetary science

Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/daniel-fabrycky/