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

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Don't worry, it's not hurtling towards us.

The search for life isn’t limited to distant exoplanets—some of the most promising candidates may be right here in our own ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.

The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...