Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)....
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a...
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a...
The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush...
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them...
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If...
There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above...
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth’s formation as...
Meteoroid impacts create seismic waves that cause Mars to shake more strongly and deeply than previously thought. This is shown...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from...
Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the...
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of...