Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

Earth could be thrown off its orbit either into another planet or the sun, new research has warned. New research from Durham ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

On this week's episode of the Best of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: lizard bubble breathing, ancient puberty, zapping an ...

“We also find an approximately 0.3 percent chance that Mars will be lost through collision or ejection and an approximately 0 ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Mercury’s risk of orbital disruption rises by 50–80%. There’s a 0.3% chance Mars could be lost through collision or ejection, ...