The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

This is the last time the seven planets will appear together in the night sky until 2040. Here's when it's happening – and ...

Recent findings indicate the Moon is still contracting, forming wrinkle ridges that suggest ongoing geological activity.

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) traveled 3.6 ...

An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an impact that carved out two large craters. Photo: Reuters The Grand Canyon ...

Close to the moon’s south pole are two canyons each comparable in size to the Grand Canyon that were born in a much different process. New research indicates that these canyons, in an area called the ...