Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.

Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears ...

This suggests that when the South Pole-Aitken impactor hit, it gouged deep into the Moon, generating intense heat. This ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...

A total lunar eclipse is coming in early 2026. During a lunar eclipse, the moon looks red. There will be a total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. You'll have to wait a few months, but when it arrives, ...

One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually ...

When it comes to the origin of our planet’s moon, the giant-impact theory is the most widely accepted premise. According to the theory, a massive planet-sized body slammed into the young Earth around ...

Chinese scientists studying a 2-gram lunar soil sample from the Chang'e 6 mission have identified rare CI chondrite impact residues, providing new insights into mass transfer in the inner solar system ...

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A Japanese astronomer captured a pair of objects slamming into the lunar surface in recent days. By Robin George Andrews Last week, a handful of watching telescopes captured something crashing into ...