"The Moon is like a time capsule—it has preserved a record of events that have been erased from Earth by erosion, plate tectonics and other geological processes." ...

Ancient rocks collected from the far side of the moon are giving scientists a fresh look at the violent history of our solar system. The rare samples suggest that asteroid impacts on the moon happened ...

The moon is not the only natural object traveling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now completely ruled out any impact risk from asteroid 2024 YR4, both for ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway ...

A photo taken by Tianwen-2 of itself with Earth in the background. China National Space Administration The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small ...