Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Planetary scientists led by Paolo Sossi have determined that Earth assembled almost entirely from material originating in the ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Psyche orbiter looked back and snapped a photo of Earth with the moon on its way to the asteroid Psyche in 2029. - NASA / ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, may have been responsible for a mysterious age gap in the early solar system's planet building blocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...