A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways ...

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner solar system. New research from Rice University reveals that Jupiter played a ...

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a ...

These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system ...

Chang'e 6 made history in 2024, by bringing back 1,935.3 grams of lunar samples from the Moon's South Pole-Aitken Basin.

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other planets and carved up the gas and dust from which they all emerged. This ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

A fossil site in New Mexico with numerous dinosaurs, including the gargantuan Alamosaurus, dates to shortly before the ...

Potentially the largest and brightest supermoon of 2025 will rise in early November. Here's how to view it in Illinois.