Moon has been Earth’s celestial companion for over four billion years. However, the formation of this natural satellite was catastrophic. It was long believed that the Moon was born from a cataclysmic ...

A breakthrough experiment from China’s space program has revealed unprecedented insights into the possibilities of mammalian ...

This wasn't just about sending mice to space for the sake of it. Mice share high genetic similarity with humans, reproduce ...

A new kind of comet that is nearly tailless has been discovered -- and the surprises don't stop there. The new comet recently returned from the edge of the solar system but may have originated much ...

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Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years ago.

Plumes of hot magma from the volcanic hotspot that formed Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean rise from an unusually primitive source deep beneath the Earth's surface. The mantle differentiation event ...