This article reviews our current understanding of terrestrial planet formation. The focus is on
computer simulations of the dynamical aspects of the accretion process. Throughout the …

Over the past two decades, large strides have been made in the field of planet formation. Yet
fundamental questions remain. Here we review our state of understanding of five …

Geochemical and astronomical evidence demonstrates that planet formation occurred in two
spatially and temporally separated reservoirs. The origin of this dichotomy is unknown. We …

The age of Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is still unknown. Gas-giant planet
formation likely involved the growth of large solid cores, followed by the accumulation of gas …

Astronomical observations reveal that protoplanetary disks around young stars commonly
have ring-and gap-like structures in their dust distributions. These features are associated …

Our understanding of planet formation has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The
classical planet formation theory, developed when the only known planetary system was our …

The formation of planets depends on the underlying protoplanetary disc structure, which in
turn influences both the accretion and migration rates of embedded planets. The disc itself …

We present a novel, model-independent framework for studying the architecture of an
exoplanetary system at the system level. This framework allows us to characterise, quantify …

Close-in super-Earths having radii 1–4 R⊕ may possess hydrogen atmospheres comprising
a few percent by mass of their rocky cores. We determine the conditions under which such …

In an attempt to develop a deterministic theory for planet formation, we examine the
accretion of cores of giant planets from planetesimals, gas accretion onto the cores, and …