Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Jupiter influenced Earth’s future long before Earth formed, slicing gaps in the early solar system to stop its raw materials ...

Earth’s journey through the Milky Way might have helped create the planet’s first continents. Comets may have bombarded Earth every time the early solar system traveled through our galaxy’s spiral ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

In most Ancient Greek philosophical circles, the theory of a spherical earth was accepted by around the 5th century BC, and ...

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

What does it take to make an Earth-like planet? It takes a stellar nursery rich in carbon, oxygen, iron, and silicon in a combination that’s not too much, and not too little, but just right. But these ...