A meteorite found in the Sahara is forcing scientists to rethink what kinds of worlds once circled the young sun. The rock, ...

An artist's conception showing a planetary smash-up between a Moon-sized object and a Mercury-sized object. (NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

The study, published in Science Advances, focuses on two elements that are essential for life as we know it: nitrogen and ...

A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost "protoplanet" that formed in the early solar ...

NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary ...

A rare type of meteorite discovered in Mali is revealing a multibillion-year tale of lunar catastrophes. With its unique ...

This small, unassuming mineral may be older than Earth itself. Krotite reminds us of the vast timescales and surprising ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

Earth’s rotation shapes everything from day and night to weather and ocean currents. Scientists explain what could happen if ...

Using a new technique that partly relies on artificial intelligence, researchers spotted potentially more than 10,000 new exoplanets.

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...