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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...