Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Planetary scientists led by Paolo Sossi have determined that Earth assembled almost entirely from material originating in the ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.

Theories around the formation of Earth have just been challenged by researchers from ETH Zurich. For a long time, the general idea saw our planet forming from a mixture of local planetesimals – the ...

Scientists at the Rubin Observatory have identified nearly 11,000 asteroids, including hundreds beyond Neptune and 33 ...

Hidden in the depths of space – 116 light years from us – Birmingham scientist have discovered a weird “upside down” ...

Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

A newly studied planetary system appears to break the expected order of worlds, revealing an unusual arrangement that current theories struggle to explain. “Many Vile Earthlings Munch Jam Sandwiches ...