The Open University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the Solar System: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were ...

One debate about the origin of life on Earth concerns whether it formed around deep-sea hydrothermal vents or in scars left behind by an asteroid impact. A new review article analyzes recent research ...

Artemis II will see the moon on April 6, with the lunar flyby lasting about two days, according to Nasa’s itinerary for the ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common in the solar system. When you purchase through ...

Meteoritics is the study of meteorites — solid parts of asteroids or comets that have landed on another celestial body, notably (but not limited to) the Earth. Measuring the composition of meteorites ...