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

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...

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

A new NASA spacecraft has started tracking the particle streams that can make a massive solar flare dangerous while mapping ...

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has been knocking it out of the park with small-body exploration missions for decades. They had ...

The universe is at it again; scientists have been baffled by a discovery that turns all the knowledge they have on planetary ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

Planetary scientists led by Paolo Sossi have determined that Earth assembled almost entirely from material originating in the ...

Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on.

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like planets beyond our solar system that may support life. Using advanced space data, ...

Researchers have found that Mercury's low-iron, high-sulfur chemistry allows its magma to stay liquid at lower temperatures ...

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