The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 million years ago. This observation marks the first time ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...

"We hypothesize that the ring image resulted from errors during EHT's imaging analysis and that part of it was an artifact, ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from ...

But today, we can consider how a near-miss asteroid and a possible ring around Earth affected life in the distant past because we know that space debris had a deep impact on life at another time.

The giant planet J1407b has been a weird space mystery since its discovery in 2010. But a new study revealed something about the planet that may help explain at least part of its weirdness: a ...

L ike many of us, Earth bears old pockmarks. Our planet’s crust has a band of ancient craters that formed around 465 million ...

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Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...