A study conducted by scientists at São Paulo State University’s Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 19 asteroids of interstellar origin ...

In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine, for the first time, when ...

Scientists have long suspected this was a relatively peaceful process, with showers of primordial solids slowly raining out ...

The solar system and its place in the galaxy -- The origin of the solar system -- A history of solar system studies -- The Sun -- The solar wind -- Mercury -- Venus: atmosphere -- Venus: surface and ...

SETI Institute communications specialist Beth Johnson welcomed Professor Dagomar Degroot, environmental historian at Georgetown University, for a discussion on his new book Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean ...

Meteorite isotope research shows Earth's composition aligns almost entirely with inner solar system materials, with Jupiter's gravity likely blocking outer solar system debris. Published in Nature ...

Exploding stars, such as this one depicted in an artist’s rendering, are unlikely to be responsible for the origin of radioactive beryllium in the solar system, ORNL scientists found. Scientists have ...

The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that ...