Days after it was confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with Earth, American space agency, Nasa ...

In a recent review article published in the journal Minerals, researchers focused on the recent discoveries of high-pressure ...

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

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

UNLV-led research details early insights from NASA’s Perseverance rover; Specimens due back on Earth in the 2030s.

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...