Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

The Artemis II astronauts are orbiting Earth, preparing for a historic journey to the moon. Here's where they are now.

Theories around the formation of Earth have just been challenged by researchers from ETH Zurich. For a long time, the general idea saw our planet forming from a mixture of local planetesimals – the ...

Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells ...

NASA's Artemis II mission launched from Florida with 4 astronauts. Now the agency is sharing a stunning view of Earth before ...

It's a historic moment, the first time humans have embarked on a journey to the Moon since Apollo 17, 54 years ago, and the ...

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...

Historically planetary defense research has focused on deflecting asteroids by using momentum to nudge their cosmic course ...