The Origins Network is a European Commission funded planetary science research centre to promote collaboration between european institutions and provide access to cutting edge analytical facilities to planetary scientists across Europe. To learn about the successes of our early career fellows see our highlights section.

Pristine Crater Discovered In a paper published in the journal Science, the Origins Network report the discovery of a pristine young impact crater in Egypt. Full Story

Discover the fundamental questions the origins network is investigating in the formation and evolution of the early Solar System. Learn about the current state of our knowledge of the earliest history our planetary system and what else there is to learn. Learn More

Investigate how we are finding the answers to our Solar System's origins. Discover the cutting-edge instruments that planetary scientists use to investigate the formation of our Solar System 4.5 billion years ago. Discover How

The current phase of the Origins-Network's activities are almost complete. The programme has resulted in numerous high profile discoveries and enabled the development and training of early stage planetary scientists. Several of our research highlights, and the individual accomplishments of our Origin's Fellows are described here. More Info

The Origins Network is a collaboration between several european academic institutions to investigate outstanding problems in the formation of our Solar System and help train early career scientists in new techniques. More Info