It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...

For the first time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has seen a young star forge crystals in blazing heat and hurl them to ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

Webb data explains how heat-formed crystal minerals end up in icy comets by tracking their journey around a young, actively forming star.

Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

The international team of astronomers reports that all of the types of ice in the comet appear to be sublimating. This is the phase change where a solid turns into a gas, skipping the liquid phase.

“EC 53’s layered outflows may lift up these newly formed crystalline silicates and transfer them outward, like they’re on a ...

After years of speculation, scientists finally believe they have figured out the crystal conundrum thanks to new imaging from ...

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star. Tune in ...

It is well known that phosphorus is essential to life’s existence. For this reason, there has been a continued interest in ...