The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...