A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

4 miles beneath the ocean, this installation combines cultural expression with scientific innovation remembering victims of natural disasters ...