Ancient samples collected from the far side of the moon have revealed a new timeline of asteroid bombardment, showing that ...

The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter, which explores the solar system and beyond. You can sign up for Launchpad for free here. There is no better place to start explaining ...

A high stakes voyage The European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft in 2004. Its destination was a massive, fast ...

In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine, for the first time, when ...

After examining a meteorite that crashed to Earth in 2024, NASA is uncovering new details about ancient water, the chemical ...

A study conducted by scientists at São Paulo State University’s Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 19 asteroids of interstellar origin ...

SETI Institute communications specialist Beth Johnson welcomed Professor Dagomar Degroot, environmental historian at Georgetown University, for a discussion on his new book Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean ...

The solar system and its place in the galaxy -- The origin of the solar system -- A history of solar system studies -- The Sun -- The solar wind -- Mercury -- Venus: atmosphere -- Venus: surface and ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form.