Forecasters of space weather keep an eye on the sun to stay ahead of eruptions of solar material that have the ability to ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

"We found that the momentum of the ensuing explosion is enough to eject the surrounding highly shocked rock material into ...

Once thought to be a barren, rocky body, known as Ceres, it is now revealing itself as something far more interesting, in the ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

Other material is rocky debris left over from collisions in the early solar system ... have been intrigued by the idea of finding moon rocks in space since just after the first such fragment ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar ...

The most powerful solar particle storm known to date struck Earth in 12350 BC, according to a new study that sets a “new worst case scenario” for humanity from such colossal space weather events.

Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells ...

However, "2025 HP" is not the only space rock flying nearby. Today, a separate 40-foot, bus-sized asteroid named "2025 HN4" is also making a close pass, traveling at 19,260 miles per hour and reaching ...

Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time. Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic conditions ...