About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf – a highly compact stellar ember – that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with ...

Ancient ocean grains show Earth’s carbon levels were far lower than expected during key evolutionary eras. The results challenge old theories of life’s rise and hint at patterns that could shape our ...

Abstract: The construction of regional basic public service systems often coincides with the formation and development of urban agglomerations, driven by economies of scale that promote cooperative ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

2024 YR4 shows a 4% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032, with no risk to Earth. James Webb Space Telescope data ...

A team's new findings, aided by Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, challenge the standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter model.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a detailed image of NGC 6000, a barred spiral galaxy. It displays a yellow core of old ...

Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA’s retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and what it means for the planet’s history The spacecraft will map the ...

While the Moon’s near side and far side display different surfaces, could their interiors differ, as well? This is what a recent study published in N | Space ...

The exploration of interstellar objects has unveiled some of the universe's most intriguing mysteries, particularly with the recent findings on the comet 3I/ATLAS. This article delves into the ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...