In the early solar system, a massive impact shaped both Earth and the moon. A protoplanet smashed into our young planet, ...

Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun's fiery outbursts, indicating it is more sensitive to solar activity than previously thought, according to new research.

Technology is only a part of the immersive experience, which runs through mid-May in Santa Monica. Its creator believes human ...

To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of ...

Entertainment and food dominate today's Connections puzzle, but with so many words that could all work together, the real ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has begun unlocking secrets about mysterious objects lingering at the outer edges of ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Last week I wrote about my adrenaline-fueled experience at Crossword Con on Friday, April 4. After discussing today’s puzzle, ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...