Many asteroids can be traced back to their parent body – the planet or moon they broke off from. But for the first time, ...
In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than ...
The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now we might know the exact ...
The great planetary instability coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon — could the two events be linked?
The topic of asteroids is one in the news a lot recently thanks to NASA's capture of a rather affluent one. On the other end ...
The initial step in the search for extraterrestrial life involves identifying the presence of liquid water. The moons of ...
The Giordano Bruno crater, located on the far side of the Moon and spanning 13.6 miles (21.9 kilometers) in width, is ...
Prior to the emergence of life on Earth, essential chemistry was necessary to create organic molecules from the elemental ...
Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals and biomolecules on early Earth—some of which may have been delivered from space.
April’s full moon, known as the ‘Pink Moon,’ will be lighting up the spring night sky this week alongside several of our ...
And now, US space agency NASA says that one asteroid that is as big as 280 feet is all set to get very close to Earth ...
The genesis of life on our planet about 4 billion years ago is often attributed to a complex mix of organic materials known ...