It all started when a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington found a Sun-like star behaving strangely.

Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life Scientists have found that all five of the substances that make up DNA and RNA in samples from Ryugu, the asteroid ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

There is a category of planet that belongs to no star. It was thrown clear of its solar system early in the chaos of ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

How can scientists use spin as a fossil record for planetary evolution? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ho | Space ...

Why are “super-puff” exoplanets so intriguing? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

A molten planet is a planetary object; a surface or deep interior of which is mostly or wholly in a liquid-rock (magma) form as opposed to solid rock. This situation may happen in two distinct forms, ...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...