Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.

NASA released new images of 3I/ATLAS as it plunged towards the sun, captured by a host of the agency’s robots and probes.

Hope probe captured high-resolution image of Mars' moon Deimos. The spacecraft flew "as close as 100km (62 miles)" from the ...

NASA’s Johnson Space Center reminded everyone on Monday that its four volunteers have been inside its Mars simulation habitat ...

Most people interested in space exploration already know lunar dust is an absolute nightmare to deal with. We've already ...

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission, now set for February 2026, aims to send astronauts around the Moon. It is just one of many space ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and ...

Yes, absolutely! When asteroids or comets hit rocky bodies such as the moon or Mars, they form impact craters that displace a large volume of material from the surface. Some of this material can be ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...