"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a ...

Scientists believe Ryugu formed on the outskirts of the early solar system before migrating in toward the asteroid belt, eventually settling into an orbit between Earth and Mars. The team analyzed ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ... as asteroids and other rocks of unpleasant size come pelting in toward the inner Solar System. Happily, we've got a while to figure it out.

Nov. 22, 2024 — New research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its ...

What's more, scientists believe the migrating planets — primarily Jupiter — could have led to the formation of Earth's moon by destabilizing the orbit of a Mars-size protoplanet ... early in the ...

The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological ...

I love ring planets, I love Saturn, and it's not bad to have another ring planet in our solar system. NARRATOR: It seems Mars will one day ... And it's about the same size as Triton, too.

From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one million ...