A better understanding of the asteroid belt has revealed just how dynamic the solar system was in its early days, a new study reports. Over the past decade, astronomers have come to realize that the ...

Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...

Meteorites are remnants of the building blocks that formed Earth and the other planets orbiting our Sun. Recent analysis of their isotopic makeup led by Carnegie’s Nicole Nie and published in Science ...

Chinese scientists have identified impact remnants from meteorites in Chang’e-6 lunar samples, shedding light on the origin of water on the moon and offering new insights into material transfer in the ...

Comet C/2025 V1 (Borisov), discovered by an amateur astronomer, is captivating scientists. Its unusual orbit initially suggested an interstellar origin, but analysis points to it being a rare Oort ...

There’s a bit of a paradox about our galaxy: it’s both jam-packed with stars and cavernously empty. The Milky Way is crowded in the sense that it holds hundreds of billions of stars, as well as ...

The discovery of comet C/2025 V1 (Borisov) has sparked intense global interest among astronomers and space enthusiasts. Found in early November 2025, the comet’s peculiar orbit and chemical makeup ...