Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

New images reveal that stellar eruptions unfold in chaotic stages, with twisting outflows and late ejections that power ...

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Moon’s precursor planet, Theia, disappeared billions ago, leaving scientists no direct chemical evidence to support the hypothesis. Now a team of astromers in France, Germany and the United States ...

The mystery of the Earth and Moon’s similarity Early models of the Moon’s formation predicted that the Moon should mostly consist of Theia’s material. But scientists noticed a puzzle: Earth and the ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...

Nova Launcher appeared to have shut down for good last month when its founder, Kevin Barry, left its parent company Branch Metrics. The launcher received a rare update on the Google Play Store today, ...

Planets orbiting dead stars known as white dwarfs might be able to remain habitable thanks to general relativity subtly altering their motion. When stars like our sun run out of fuel, they expand and ...

Alfred Wilson-Spencer receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grants NE/T000228/1 and NE/V010867/1. He works for the University of Leeds. The iron-rich core at the centre ...