New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

in May. “That really just helps give us a better idea how the moon formed.” Blue Ghost’s other instruments come from Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, or ACT, collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s ...

New images of the infant universe captured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) are the most precise "baby pictures" to ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? It is now thought that water first formed in space only 100 to 200 million years after the Big Bang—billions of years earlier than ...