Scientists observe a dramatic collision between two planets, offering insights into the formation of Earth's Moon 4.5 billion ...

Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon.

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary ...

Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...

Hubble Space Telescope images have revealed a second massive collision between planetary bodies orbiting the nearby star ...

A strange flicker from a star 11,000 light-years away reveals evidence of two planets crashing together in a rare cosmic ...

Geologists have detected a unique chemical signature, a deficit of potassium-40, in ancient mantle rocks. This anomaly ...

A US Senate committee has directed Nasa to begin work on a Moon base “as soon as is practicable”. Under legislation advanced ...

NASA’s DART images reveal binary asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos exchanging dust and debris, offering new insight into how ...