Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

Several sugars have been found on a sample of the asteroid Bennu, which may provide scientists with clues about our early ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

The universe is vast, and the search for extraterrestrial life often focuses on distant exoplanets. However, a provocative ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

An encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's "protective giant bubble" to draw back. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

Scientists find that two hot stars passed near our solar system 4.4 million years ago, altering nearby interstellar clouds.