The asteroid Ceres is an ancient ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb.
Credit: Purdue University Since Giuseppe Piazzi first observed the first and largest asteroid discovered in our solar system in 1801, ...
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Study suggests Moon may have been captured from space rather than formed from colliding particles
New research led by Darren Williams, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State Behrend, pictured here, and Michael Zugger, ...
Analysis reveals that organic compounds found in asteroids likely formed in colder regions of space.
Credit: CC0 Public domain Analysis of organic compounds – called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) – extracted from the asteroid Ryugu ...
Ancient stars formed extraordinarily heavy elements, researchers say
Credit: CC0 Public domain How heavy can an item be? An international team of researchers has discovered that ancient stars ...
Study sheds light on how US east coast was formed as supercontinent Pangea broke up
Vector graphic of the land mass of the supercontinent Pangea. Credit: Rainer Lesniewski A recent study published in the Geophysical ...
