An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused millions of species to go extinct—including many mollusks. By studying the ...

Can Mars become a second Earth? Explore the science, challenges, and future of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour.

Two new studies used gravity data to pull back the curtain on the deep interiors of the Moon and one of the solar system’s largest asteroids.

In recent years, humanity has visited several near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including Ryugu (Hayabusa2) and Didymos (DART).

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth today (May 21), passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance.

Pollen, often seen as a mere allergen, acts as a natural time capsule, preserving Earth's environmental history. From ...

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.