Solar System History

The findings have implications for research surrounding whether Mars could have harbored life at some point in its history, according to the authors.

Scientists are hopeful that fragments from a 4.5-billion-year-old space rock will reveal the origins of our existence.

The image shows a canister, which is a gray metal cylinder. Inside, dark, powdery asteroid sample material can be seen.

In an in-depth analysis conducted by a team of Japanese researchers at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), it is found that the Ryugu samples brought on Earth in December 2020 by the Japanese aircraft Hayabusa-2 are the most “uncontaminated” samples. This will help scientists get a crystal-clear insight into the chem...

NASA recently revealed stunning images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) earlier this week. Now the space agency’s most powerful space telescope will help scientists uncover the mysteries of the universe. Here’s how two projects, one studying the early history of the universe and another looking for life outside our solar system...

European Space Agency's Mars Express mission captured an image of Aonia Terra, a crater-filled region in the Red Planet's southern hemisphere. One of the images shows a crater encircled by winding channels. A closer look would suggest that the image looks eerily like a human eyeball.

A meteorite that fell on a driveway in the UK has been described as "astonishingly rare" by the Natural History Museum, which says that it could provide answers to questions about the early history of the solar system and life on Earth.

When India attempted history last night, trying to become the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon, it had the attention of the entire world. Though the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO lost contact with Chandrayaan 2's Vikram Lander moments before it could touch down on the Moon, words of encouragement have been flowing ...

The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system.

Braving intense radiation, Nasa's Juno spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.

This Independence Day, millions of Americans will look to the sky to watch dazzling fireworks. But across the country, scientists will be looking up for an entirely different reason: On July 4, NASA's Juno spacecraft will enter an orbit of Jupiter, giving us an unprecedented window into the history of our solar system's oldest planet.

The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangaluru certainly has seen some energizing performances in its colourful history - think along the lines of the electricity generated by Chris Gayle's batting. But now the stadium hopes to quite literally produce its own power and eventually get off the grid. A 400 kilowatt solar power system has been installed on the r...

Seven grains of stardust that are believed to come from outside our solar system are revealing new hints about what the universe is made of, scientists said Thursday.

The space probe Rosetta on Wednesday made a historic rendezvous with a comet, climaxing a 10-year, six-billion-kilometre (3.7-billion-mile) chase through the Solar System, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

The findings have implications for research surrounding whether Mars could have harbored life at some point in its history, according to the authors.

Scientists are hopeful that fragments from a 4.5-billion-year-old space rock will reveal the origins of our existence.

The image shows a canister, which is a gray metal cylinder. Inside, dark, powdery asteroid sample material can be seen.

In an in-depth analysis conducted by a team of Japanese researchers at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), it is found that the Ryugu samples brought on Earth in December 2020 by the Japanese aircraft Hayabusa-2 are the most “uncontaminated” samples. This will help scientists get a crystal-clear insight into the chem...

NASA recently revealed stunning images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) earlier this week. Now the space agency’s most powerful space telescope will help scientists uncover the mysteries of the universe. Here’s how two projects, one studying the early history of the universe and another looking for life outside our solar system...

European Space Agency's Mars Express mission captured an image of Aonia Terra, a crater-filled region in the Red Planet's southern hemisphere. One of the images shows a crater encircled by winding channels. A closer look would suggest that the image looks eerily like a human eyeball.

A meteorite that fell on a driveway in the UK has been described as "astonishingly rare" by the Natural History Museum, which says that it could provide answers to questions about the early history of the solar system and life on Earth.

When India attempted history last night, trying to become the first country to land near the south pole of the Moon, it had the attention of the entire world. Though the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO lost contact with Chandrayaan 2's Vikram Lander moments before it could touch down on the Moon, words of encouragement have been flowing ...

The US space agency NASA on Wednesday announced two unmanned missions to asteroids designed to study one of the earliest eras in the history of the solar system.

Braving intense radiation, Nasa's Juno spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.

This Independence Day, millions of Americans will look to the sky to watch dazzling fireworks. But across the country, scientists will be looking up for an entirely different reason: On July 4, NASA's Juno spacecraft will enter an orbit of Jupiter, giving us an unprecedented window into the history of our solar system's oldest planet.

The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangaluru certainly has seen some energizing performances in its colourful history - think along the lines of the electricity generated by Chris Gayle's batting. But now the stadium hopes to quite literally produce its own power and eventually get off the grid. A 400 kilowatt solar power system has been installed on the r...

Seven grains of stardust that are believed to come from outside our solar system are revealing new hints about what the universe is made of, scientists said Thursday.

The space probe Rosetta on Wednesday made a historic rendezvous with a comet, climaxing a 10-year, six-billion-kilometre (3.7-billion-mile) chase through the Solar System, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.