The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

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.

"The rate at which the planet is evaporating is utterly cataclysmic, and we are incredibly lucky to be witnessing the final hours of this dying planet." ...

These rocky bits eventually coalesced to form the terrestrial planets. However, at a distance of around 4 astronomical units from the Sun (AU; 1 AU is the average Sun-Earth distance of 93 million ...

A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting planet Earth in 7 years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...

The farthest planet from the Sun ... 0.21 miles per second (0.34 km/sec), making these winds supersonic by our terrestrial standards. The recently discovered extraterrestrial jet stream is ...

some of which may have contributed material to the terrestrial planets." Angrites are a distinct group of meteorites, characterized by olivine-bearing basaltic minerals and unique isotopic ...