Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies ...

Dramatic theories have been proposed to explain the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants of our solar ...

Japanese researchers developed a model to simulate early Earth's atmosphere, revealing how UV radiation and hydrocarbons ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

New research from the University of Colorado Boulder provides evidence supporting the 'Snowball Earth' theory. Geologists ...

Study “presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator” says lead ...

and found signs for the Ordovician impact spike only on Earth, further adding evidence that aligns with the ring theory. “The paper presents a pleasing idea that ties together a few mysteries ...