Theories around the formation of Earth have just been challenged by researchers from ETH Zurich. For a long time, the general idea saw our planet forming from a mixture of local planetesimals – the ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

The universe is at it again; scientists have been baffled by a discovery that turns all the knowledge they have on planetary ...

Somewhere beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt is bent. Not by much, and not in a way any known planet can account for. A study ...

A new NASA spacecraft has started tracking the particle streams that can make a massive solar flare dangerous while mapping ...

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like planets beyond our solar system that may support life. Using advanced space data, ...