New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary scientists thought that a colossal collision with an early planet containing half ...

Webb Telescope reveals complex carbon molecules forming in the Bug Nebula, suggesting dying stars may seed the galaxy with ...

But the final stage of planet formation in our solar system may have taken much longer - up to a hundred million years or so. This was not only the last major addition of material to the Earth, but ...

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

The ambitious mission to retrieve samples from asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth is paying off. Just as scientists had hoped, the asteroid is revealing details about the early days of our solar ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth ...

How exactly did the universe start and how did these processes determine its formation and evolution? This is what a study ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples from asteroid Bennu reveal stardust, water-driven chemistry, and clues to life’s origins in the ...

This discovery was made possible by the Solar Orbiter’s ability to get closer to the Sun than any other mission of its kind before. This allowed the spacecraft to detect particles in their early, ...

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe. Instead of basing the theory on the warping of space and time, we ...