A Victoria University scientist who has found the key to dating the very beginnings of our Solar System will have his work published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature today. Dr Joel Baker, ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

Learn more about two of the earliest reports of a total solar eclipse and corona, which were recorded in China, and solve ...

Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar system. About 4.5 Ga (giga-anum, or billion years ago), as a large disc of dust and ice collapsed around ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

The Erigone family of asteroids are water-rich space rocks that provide a window into the solar system's past. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...