Solar System

Space NASA discovers a massive new lunar impact that blasted a 728-foot crater into the Moon

A rare lunar impact blasted a 728-foot crater into the Moon and disturbed terrain more than 120 kilometers from the collision.

Space JWST finds evidence that Chariklo’s rings are changing faster than astronomers expected Joseph Shavit

Space A missing super-Earth may have been swallowed up by the Sun billions of years ago Joseph Shavit

Space Tidal forces may have doomed an ancient moon around Venus Joshua Shavit

Space Cosmic collision: The Milky Way once flipped by more than 90 degrees Joshua Shavit

Space Earth may not be swallowed by our dying sun after all, study finds Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Rare meteorite points to a long-lost planet from our early solar system Joshua Shavit

Space Iron meteorites unlock secrets of the early solar system and Earth’s origin

Space Mercury’s polar water ice may have arrived in one giant impact Joshua Shavit

Space Ancient supernova remnants found in Antarctic ice Breaking Science

Space Mercury has a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds under its surface Joseph Shavit

Space Strange atmosphere detected on small icy world beyond Pluto Joseph Shavit

Space Planetary scientists reveal where Earth’s water and building blocks came from Joshua Shavit

Space In a dusty young solar system, two giant planets are taking shape Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers find clearest evidence yet of a dark matter subhalo near the Sun Joseph Shavit

Space Two blazing stars once raced past the Sun and reshaped our solar system Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers discover previously unseen kernel structure inside the Kuiper Belt Joseph Shavit