Don't worry, it's not hurtling towards us.

Asteroids are leftover pieces from the formation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. In the beginning, ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

DNA from a distance ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

A close-up of the surface of asteroid Ryugu. (MASCOT/DLR/JAXA) A new analysis of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu has ...

Astronomers have identified two giant planets forming within the disc of a young star. The observation offers a rare glimpse ...

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To keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle. At the National Solar Thermal Test Facility ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been remains a mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...