Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

Natural glass fragments scattered across South Australia are now pointing out a giant asteroid impact that took place around ...

Strange glass strewn across southern Australia appears to be from a mystery asteroid impact 11 million years ago.

Earth’s crust, which is composed of several tectonic plates, like puzzle pieces, began to jiggle. Provoked and stimulated by the torrent of elemental forces churning within the mantle, some larger ...

How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

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Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

Every year, Earth follows a familiar pattern of seasonal changes: As summer rolls around in the Northern Hemisphere, winter creeps in in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. But do other planets ...