About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

High-energy electrons in the Earth's plasma may be contributing to the formation of water on the surface of the moon, a study found. The findings were published by a team of researchers, led by a ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

The Moon formed in a catastrophic impact between the proto-Earth (Gaia) and a Mars-sized object we call Theia. The collision happened around 4.5 billion years ago but its effects are still with us.

A planet-forming disk with more water than all of Earth's oceans has been discovered. The disk, which is located in the constellation Taurus, is 450 light-years away from Earth. Astronomers used the ...

Astronomers spotted a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming within a dusty ring around its star system, offering clues about the ...

Webb Telescope spots a carbon-rich disk around a distant planet, CT Cha b, offering rare clues to how moons may form.

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

Ancient zircon crystals hold chemical clues that of freshwater may have existed on Earth soon after it formed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the ...