Wherever astronomers look, they see life’s raw materials—and hints at answers to one of the great mysteries of science.

How old is the Moon? Explore the multiple perspectives of physicists, chemists, and mathematicians in search of the answer.

New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...

New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the ...

New observations of TRAPPIST-1b using the James Webb Space Telescope have provided detailed insights into the potential atmospheres of exoplanets orbiting red dwarfs. The study analyzed broadband ther ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, ...

In their models, planets swept up most of the material floating around the early solar system long before 200 million years had elapsed ... Very often in earth and planetary sciences, geochemists and ...

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing ...

Researchers have said that such instruments, as well as other forms of human activity on Mars, including landing sites and debris, must be preserved as part of the archaeological record of space ...

Previously considered an airless ball, an Earth-sized world orbiting a red dwarf some 40 light-years away may have an ...

The first observations from MERTIS revealed that certain areas of Mercury’s surface shine brighter in the mid-infrared than others. More specifically, the Caloris Basin and parts of a large volcanic ...

and sustaining temperature gradients of 25-100 K and pressure differences of 10 kPa against the vacuum of space can allow ...