Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...