A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...

Most of our knowledge about the Solar System’s formation and evolution comes from the study of extraterrestrial rock samples called chondritic meteorites. These rocks, which are fragments of asteroids ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered ...

Automotive giant Honda and lunar startup Astrobotic are teaming up to explore how a regenerative fuel cell system could help ...

The new science book "First Contact" is a vivid, humorous and deeply informed exploration of the many ways humanity has ...