Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

The proposed lifespan for the farm was 40 years [Google] Plans for a temporary solar farm on green belt land have been refused. The proposals, for Usworth House Farm near Springwell village ...

The committee report, while recognising the proposal as "inappropriate development in the Green Belt" that would "harm" its openness "both spatially and visually", still deemed the solar farm ...

A Labour-led council has knocked back plans for a solar farm on green belt land, tarnishing Ed Miliband’s ambitions to speed up a net zero upgrade across Britain. The development at Uswell House ...

Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur ... with orbits that cross the paths of at least one of the giant planets, are an interesting set. Chiron, for instance ...

The Solar System is brimming with rocky and icy remnants from its formation, some 4.5 billion years ago. Centaurs, which hang out primarily between Jupiter and Neptune, with orbits that cross the ...

NASA has shared the first photos taken by the DART’s built-in camera system. Launched in November, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART for short — is an asteroid-defense system.

The solar system ... for Planet Nine began in 2014. Astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo observed unusual orbital patterns. These patterns were noticed in icy Kuiper Belt objects ...

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...

Martin Kornmesser/I.A.U., via European Pressphoto Agency Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can ... as Orion’s Belt. Like the Eta Aquarids ...

What If Could a New Planet Form in the Solar System? Posted: January 1, 2025 | Last updated: January 1, 2025 "What If is an epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor ... resolution and 21-day path covering most of the planet, just one year of data from SWOT gives a clearer ...