Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

“The idea that Ryugu-like objects held on to ice for so long is remarkable,” he added. “It suggests that the building blocks ...

There is a direct link between Earth’s crust formation and meteorite impacts influenced by the Milky Way’s structure, as found by a new study.

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

CBS News looked at the cost of producing coal, gas, nuclear, wind and solar energy to determine which is the cheapest.

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

SPEEDY COMETS “Dark Comets,” by Robin George Andrews, describes a group of objects in our solar system with “unexplained” ...

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the U.S. – including Florida.

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...