The map is more than just a pretty picture; it is a critical tool that helps scientists decode the moon’s dynamic history. The details captured include everything from ancient, cratered regions ...

In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...

The population suggested by 2017 OF201’s discovery potentially hundreds of its kind could total 1% of Earth’s mass, comparable to the Moon’s mass and redefining the solar system’s tally.

These 2,500 asteroids are plotted to fall within 7.5million kilometres from Earth. The moon is around 0.4million kilometres ...

If you’re on the East Coast, wake up early to try and catch the moon take a bite out of the sun on Saturday. 0 20 40 60 80 100 Sources: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses Database by Xavier ...

Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will loop around Jupiter on a course that will carry it by Europa 49 times over four years ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher has realized that the solar system's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the ...

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars. Located 120 light years away, the planet appears to take an unusual path around two ...

Several states will have good viewing conditions for the lunar eclipse on Thursday night, according to a map from AccuWeather. Why It Matters. The only lunar eclipse visible in North America this ...

Inside was what at first glance appeared to be unremarkable pebbles and dust but was actually some of the oldest material in our solar system: moon rocks. “You’re never going to have an older rock in ...

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...