The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Research on Ryugu samples indicates a faint magnetic field within 3 million years of solar system formation, impacting ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

One of the best-timed shots in TV history is an old clip by BBC's science presenter James Burke which has recently become ...

Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system's origins A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune Date: November 6, 2024 ...