A groundbreaking study published in Communications Earth & Environment has called into question the long-standing assumptions ...

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

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A meteorite, Northwest Africa 12264, is questioning the established timeline of our solar system's formation, suggesting ...

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

NASA's Lucy mission captured the highest resolution image yet of Donaldjohanson, the uniquely shaped asteroid.

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The probe's first encounter will be with the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027. According to NASA, Lucy will conduct four ...

The solar wind pushes some of the gas and dust away from the comet, forming those beautiful tails we see. A comet actually ...

The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is ...