The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...

Purdue professor along with a team of scientists analyze asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to give a better understanding of the past.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

The Solaris Solar Observatory, the first of its kind in Israel, was inaugurated this weekend in the Druze town of Isfiya in ...

Dec. 6, 2024 — A new study shows the benefits of coordinating the siting of solar farms, wind farms, and storage systems, taking into account local and temporal variations in wind, sunlight ...