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

Kristen Bennett was one of 10 scientists from across the country selected to join a lunar surface science team supporting the ...

The deep interiors of ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune may contain a previously unknown form of matter, based on new computational research by Carnegie scientists Cong Liu and Ronald Cohen.

As soon as the fireball touched down, time was of the essence for researchers hoping to recover pristine samples of the rare ...

Panelists Jack Kiraly and Jim Bell analyze Artemis II’s mission to the moon on ‘Fox News Live.’ On Monday the astronauts of ...

Sara Mazrouei, a planetary scientist at Humber Polytechnic, says the Artemis II crew will use new cameras and maps to help ...

A strange “forbidden” planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Astronomer Patrick M. Shober found a new meteor shower—and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun.

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, revealing that gold is actually a "reactive metal." ...

Earth-facing side of the lunar surface hadn’t been seen by human eyes in more than 50 years. This time, the world watched ...

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope ...