JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

A close-up of the surface of asteroid Ryugu. (MASCOT/DLR/JAXA) A new analysis of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu has yielded all five canonical nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA. It's not the ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

Mercury, Venus, and Mars sit within the same general neighborhood as Earth, yet each has followed a radically different path.

Citizen scientists reviewing NASA data discovered unusually high Solar flare rates, helping researchers better understand the ...

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...

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In a white paper published by a multidisciplinary team of top scientists in China, Earth system is defined to encompass both internal and external geospheres from solid Earth system through surface ...