When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

The study suggests that the Moon likely formed largely from Earth's mantle material — with minimal involvement from Theia.

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

A recent investigation into the moon's formation and Earth's water origin has provided compelling insights. Researchers from ...

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that oxygen-17 isotopes on the moon closely ...

Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...