Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia. The researchers were inspired by a puzzling fact: many Solar Systems like ...

Simpson explained, “If it’s one or two Earth masses, which is still a pretty big planet, our inner Solar System would still remain quite nice.” However, the situation becomes far more ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien astronomers could also be scanning Earth.

and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know, no other bodies in the solar system exhibit plate tectonics today. Why is our world different?

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...