The asteroid Bennu orbits the Sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 ...

Earth’s Moon may have formed intact within five hours of a giant impact 4.5 billion years ago, as new modeling reveals the ...

Ancient grains inside one of the oldest known meteorites reveal that a surprisingly strong magnetic field existed during the solar system’s first 200,000 years. The discovery suggests magnetism worked ...

The asteroid Bennu orbits the sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 ...

One of the few asteroids we've managed to sample, Bennu contains a curious mix of cosmic dust that could provide insights into how our own planet formed.

Scientists say the sun may have swallowed a super-Earth billions of years ago, leaving chemical fingerprints that could still ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers led by the University of Maryland identified water, ...

A new study suggests Earth formed almost entirely from material in the inner Solar System, challenging the idea that ...

Asteroid Bennu's chemical fingerprint is revealing new clues about where it formed and the surprising role Jupiter played in ...

A new scientific study is challenging ideas about how quickly the Moon formed, with researchers suggesting it may have taken only five hours.

Mercury may be shrinking even more than previously believed, according to new research.

Tiny worlds beyond Neptune appear to preserve the colors and compositions of their larger counterparts, offering clues to how ...