The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

Researchers detect 7 complex molecules, including acetylene and benzene, marking 1st chemical snapshot of moon-forming ...

Some 4.5 billion years ago, scientists believe the moon formed following a violent collision between Earth and another object about the size of Mars. That, theory known as the Giant Impact Hypothesis, ...

A new study challenges the idea that the moon was formed by a rogue planetary body slamming into the Earth and knocking off a disc. Instead, the study's authors think the moon may have emerged from an ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process more commonly known as rusting. This mineral is found widely on Earth, but ...

Villages on the moon, constructed through cooperation between astronauts and robotic systems on the lunar surface, could become a reality as early as 2030. That's the consensus of a recent ...