The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...

Learn how rock and dust samples are shedding light on the origins of Asteroid Bennu and the history of the early Solar System ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

New Clues To Oxygen At The Origin Of The Solar System Date: September 17, 2008 Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Summary: Oxygen is the most abundant element on Earth, accounting for almost ...

Explaining of the scientific origins of the solar system can seem like an astronomical task, but it doesn't have to be.

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of ...

Science News: Astronomers have claimed that solar system actually emerged from a "well-blended soup of dust and gas".

ESA Rosetta: Origin of Solar System Clues Held in Comet 67P Dust Untouched for 4.5 Billion Years Ago Published Jan 23, 2018 at 10:37 AM EST Updated Jan 23, 2018 at 10:39 AM EST ...

The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the planets in our solar system may have been revealed through the ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin ...

In the vastness of the solar system, Valles Marineris captivates countless explorers with its spectacular scale and mysterious origin story. Today, let us revisit the discovery journey of this natural ...