Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New ...

Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...

The world’s fastest moving continent is hurtling toward Asia at an alarming speed, and its collision could reshape the planet ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ...

What if Uranus and Earth were on a collision course? This video explores the science behind planetary collisions and shows ...

New research from Southwest Research Institute reveals that violent late-stage planetary collisions shaped Earth’s water, ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

Asteroid 2025 FA22, measuring up to 951 feet across, will make a close approach to Earth early Thursday according to NASA ...

To answer a question or ask a new one, email [email protected] Between 50,000 and 100,000 tonnes of light gases such ...

A massive space rock that once made its way onto a space agency's warning list for potentially dangerous objects is scheduled ...