The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...

This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...

However, not all of those celestial bodies survived, and a new analysis of a the meteorite NWA 15915 shows that it likely originated from a world that was similar to Mercury in its composition—but not ...

Scientists believe that most meteorites originate from small bodies in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Large-scale volcanic activity does not occur in these small bodies ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

This is not ideal for them, but she says there is still a chance the meteorite landed on a road ... And if you approach a magnet to it, it’s possible that the magnet will just stick to the rock,” Egal ...