Untangling what happened in our Solar System tens or hundreds of millions of years ago is challenging. Millions of objects…
According to the most widely accepted scientific theory, our Solar System formed from a nebula of dust and gas roughly…
A new study connects impacts during Venus' early history to its smooth and "youthful" appearance today.
Unlike Earth, Venus lacks the plate tectonics that give rise to volcanoes. But the surface of Venus looks far younger…
A new NASA study shows how samples obtained by Perseverance could have been shaped by asteroid impacts when Mars was…
New research has shown that Mars may have been covered in a worldwide ocean when Earth was still covered in…
It’s no secret that Earth was bombarded with plenty of meteors for billions of years during the solar system’s early…
The early solar system was an especially violent place. The terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) likely formed by…
So, you want to create life? You're going to need some ingredients first. On Earth four billion years ago, you…
A new study lays out why Venus doiesn't have a magnetic field like Earth's. Basically, it may come down to…