One significant area of research involves using debris disks to infer the presence of planets in planetary systems. A study analyzed 178 debris-disc systems and found that many of these disks ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show ...

PT5 traced to lunar highlands; Apollo 14 rocks match Research reveals natural origin; trajectory rules out space debris ...

The FAA says it is investigating reports that debris from the failed Starship test flight landed, and caused property damage ...

The FAA says it has grounded the Starship vehicle pending a mishap investigation, and it’s working with SpaceX to assess reports of property damage in Turks and Caicos.

These discoveries could play a critical role in our understanding of planetary defense and the origins of meteorites that sometimes strike Earth. The asteroid belt is a sprawling field of debris ...

An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.

"Most planetary collision scenarios are classified ... with the moon forming out of the molten debris which had been ejected into space. "Pluto and Charon are different—they're smaller, colder ...

Scientists have previously found old stars surrounded by disks of debris, which probably comprise ... of gas that surrounds them are known as planetary nebulae. In one of them, called WeSb 1 ...

In this scenario, two bodies collide, stretch like fluid, and eventually merge or eject debris that forms a moon ... that redefines our understanding of planetary formation.