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

Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago ... had been exposed to a lot less space radiation ...

"The fragments interact not only with the originating spacecraft’s nearest neighbors, but within a short time much of the ...

Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of ...

"And if you were in space, it potentially could kill ... the primary source for most particles that reach Earth, but Hessl hopes that three-ring records can assist in identifying other major ...

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 ...

Purple indicates 2-inch particles. The ring system as a whole reaches 175,000 miles into space, or about 75% of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Encircling Earth are the Van Allen radiation belts—vast, doughnut-shaped rings of highly energetic ... processes during particularly intense space storms. To get a clearer picture, the ...

A new technology developed by NASA to predict space weather showed that Hurricane Helene produced "enormous" waves in the ...