The theories concerning the formation and evolution of the Solar System are complex and varied, interweaving various scientific disciplines, from
astronomy and
physics to
geology and
planetary science. Over the centuries, many theories have been advanced as to its formation, but it was not until the
eighteenth century that the development of the modern theory took shape. With the dawn of the
space age, the images and structures of other worlds in the solar system refined our understanding, while advances in
nuclear physics gave us our first glimpse of the processes which underpinned stars, and led to the first theories of their formation and ultimate destruction.
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