The study suggests that the Moon likely formed largely from Earth's mantle material — with minimal involvement from Theia.

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

which would explain how Deimos formed farther from Mars than Phobos did. This model also means that Deimos and Phobos could be much younger than Mars. Historically, Mars' moons have been ignored ...

This would mean the catastrophic impact of either a single moon-sized body or several smaller ... scientists have made models ...

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars' barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

There's a blood Moon eclipse over America and Europe this March. On March 13 and 14 2025, the full Moon will travel through ...

The exploration of Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos ... into the early solar system and the processes that led to the formation of habitable planets. Scheduled for launch in 2024, MMX will not ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...