Mars is still quite mysterious, despite all we've learned about the planet in recent years. We still have a lot…
Science fiction author Frank Herbert is renowned for the richly-detailed worlds he created. None of his work is more well-known…
Titanic collisions are the norm in young solar systems. Earth's Moon was the result of one of those collisions when…
Wind the cosmic clock back a few billion years and our Solar System looked much different than it does today.…
Astronomers have known for years that galaxies are cannibalistic. Massive galaxies like our own Milky Way have gained mass by…
So far, the battle between life on Earth and asteroids has been completely one-sided. But not for long. Soon, we'll…
The Moon's pitted surface tells a tale of repeated impacts over a long period of time. While Earth's active geology…
So far we know of only two interstellar objects (ISO) to visit our Solar System. They are 'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov.…
Mars is bombarded with radiation. Without a protective magnetic shield and a thick atmosphere like Earth's, radiation from space has…
A new survey conducted by the Royal Astronomical Society has shown that the fields of astronomy and geophysics also suffer…