In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine, for the first time, when ...

Nearly two years after Japanese mission Hayabusa2 returned to Earth, samples from asteroid Ryugu continue to reveal valuable information about the history of the early solar system. A study by ...

A Moon impact 3.5 billion years ago may have uncovered a forgotten chapter of Solar System history. Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a lunar meteorite are helping scientists understand a violent era ...

Every once in a while, the outer solar system reminds us that we've only discovered a negligible portion of it, and that the vast majority is still full of surprises. The latest example of this is a ...

The trans-Neptunian object nicknamed Ammonite moves across the sky over several hours in May 2023. Its diameter is estimated to be between about 135 and 235 miles. NAOJ / ASIAA Astronomers have just ...

Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States -- The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s -- Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical ...

Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such as iridium and platinum, that formed near the sun but ...

Way back in time, about 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun and planets were busily forming nestled inside a cloud of gas and dust. Not far away, a supernova exploded, threatening to tear everything apart.

For the first time, scientists used the combined power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the ...

Nearly two years after Japanese mission Hayabusa2 returned to Earth, samples from asteroid Ryugu continue to reveal valuable information about the history of the early solar system. A study by ...