Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...
His tone was reverent. “We think this is the primordial, unaltered material that everything formed from in the solar system.” Comet DustIn a NASA clean room a scientist examines traps ...
They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field. Interestingly, this study provides the first evidence of the likely ...
NASA's Lucy probe will journey to an asteroid that has remained untouched for 150 million years, potentially revealing ...
The 24 solar terms, originating in ancient China, integrate astronomy, farming, phenology and folklore. They greatly influenced Chinese life, promoted social progress, and are recognized globally as a ...
Long after the planets of the Solar System formed, catastrophic collisions ... The scars of this geologic violence are evident today in the ancient cratered terrains of planetary surfaces.