In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

While the moon once had a weak magnetic field generated by a small molten core, the team's research suggests it likely wouldn ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some lunar regions.

A team of scientists may finally have the answer. The study suggests that the moon’s magnetic rocks could be the result of a ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...

A gigantic asteroid, believed to be larger than the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, is set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday, June 5, according to space experts. Despite its intimidating size, the ...

Using computer simulations, the researchers uncovered a scenario in which an ancient asteroid impact briefly amplified that field, just long enough for nearby rocks to capture and record its magnetic ...

( NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study ...

Although the moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different ... from the debris of another planetary body after a massive impact. In 2016, Park used the same data types as the Vesta study to ...