Tiny samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed. New evidence suggests that Bennu was born where material from the inner and outer Solar System ...

Caltech researchers show the Sun's own dying mass ejections will destabilize the outer solar system within a billion years of ...

Japan is heading to Mars' mysterious moons. Here's how its ambitious mission could bring pieces of one back to Earth ...

Japan’s MMX spacecraft has launched toward Mars, aiming to return at least 10 grams of material from Phobos in 2031. A rover, remote observations and two sampling systems will help investigate how ...

Uranus and Neptune may not share the same origins after all. A new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics reveals a ...

The National Academy of Sciences issued Oct. 21 an independent report commissioned by NASA recommending four potential crewed lunar missions and outlining their scientific value.

A false-color image of the moon’s Orientale Basin, one of four nonpolar crewed exploration sites recommended by an authoritative new report. The biggest "land rush" of the 21st century is underway—but ...

After all, Degroot can write beautifully. Venus is “not only hotter than an oven, but hot enough to melt an oven”, while a ...

The Icy Assassin That Rewrote the Order of the Solar SystemPrevious Episode RecapIn the previous story, we approached the existence of "Styx," the moon flying through the smallest and harshest region ...

The Milky Way is home to hundreds of billions of stars arranged in a glorious spiral pattern. But beyond the obvious spiral, ...

Harvard geoscientists reported that organic matter harvested from certain meteorites bears chemical traces of “primitive ...

A powerful solar storm would not need to destroy every device to create a major crisis. Modern society’s dependence on a few ...