The remnants of a protoplanet that slammed into Earth and created the moon may still be lurking deep in our planet's mantle. New research suggests that this impactor, which hit a just-formed Earth 4.5 ...

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have obtained what is likely the first direct observation of a forming planet still embedded in a thick disk of ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

PASADENA, Calif. — Continent-sized remnants of another world could be found deep inside the Earth, according to a new study coming out of California. Researchers believe the remnants could be pieces ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. More than a million miles away from Earth, Vesta sits cold and dark ...

Our solar system is much like a trail of microcosmic breadcrumbs: Follow the molecular bits as far back as they go, and you'll learn a thing or two about where many of our planets and other celestial ...

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NASA’s mission to the still, metal heart of a proto-planet isn’t dead after all. The agency announced on October 28 that after months of scrutiny, an independent review board has decided it’s possible ...

According to the results of a new study, Uranus may have survived a dramatic collision with a protoplanet twice or even three times the size of Earth, roughly four billion years ago. The cataclysmic ...

With Protoplanet, Nasa veteran Siddharth Pandey is building the R&D infrastructure Isro needs to bridge the gap between Earth ...

Earth's crust is chemically quite different to earth's interior, characterized by an abundance of relatively light elements, like silicon, oxygen and aluminum. Heavy elements, like iron, are mostly ...