Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and moons grow in our solar system. Analysis of three ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, ...

Placing a mass driver on the moon has long been a dream of space exploration enthusiasts. It would open up so many ...

It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...