Planetary Evolution

Space Chang’e-6 moon rocks reveal a 3.9-billion-year decline in asteroid impacts on the dark side of the Moon

Chang’e-6 rocks preserve billions of years of collisions, offering a cleaner view of the Moon’s early history and Earth’s violent past.

Space JWST solves a longstanding mystery of giant planet formation Joseph Shavit

Space Oceans in the fire: How magma and hydrogen forge massive quantities of planetary water Joseph Shavit

Space How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun Joseph Shavit

Space Rogue planet caught in massive growth spurt, shocking astronomers Mac Oliveau

Space Swirling clouds of gas and dust rich in CO2, not water form planets, study finds

Space Groundbreaking discovery sheds new light on rare ‘lava planets’

Space Orion, Pleiades, and Hyades are snapshots of the same star cluster across 800 million years

Space Astronomers capture the first direct images of hidden exoplanet using JWST

Space Why are giant planets found at the outer reaches of solar systems

Discoveries Hidden ocean currents play a crucial role in global weather, study finds

Discoveries New study challenges what we know about how Earth’s surface evolved

Space Jupiter was once double its current size, study finds