When the solar system formed, rocks (and other dense, heavy materials in the dust cloud such as iron and uranium) tended to gather closer to the Sun, and these materials combined together to form ...

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties ...

Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the ...

scattered through the solar system without a permanent home. Many of these rocks orbit the Sun in an area between Mars and Jupiter known as the asteroid belt. They can be very large - the biggest, ...

The moderate tilts and slightly elongated paths of these planets — long considered a mystery — could be the result of a ...

Faint magnetic properties in primitive asteroid fragments suggest an early magnetic field strong enough to shepherd the ...

Beyond the answers to the origins of life and the formation of our solar system, studying Bennu is also important for protecting humanity and the planet as it is representative of some of the ...

For spectators, total solar eclipses – such as the one that dazzled millions in April across North America – represent ...