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Lunar Meteorite Reveals a 3.486‑Billion‑Year‑Old, Extremely High‑Temperature Impact

Mineral evidence from a lunar meteorite strengthens the case for a sustained inner‑solar‑system bombardment after the basin‑forming epoch.

Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

Earth Formed Entirely from Inner Solar System Material, Study Finds

Juno Data Refine Jupiter’s Size, Finding the Giant Slightly Smaller and More Flattened

Machine Learning Maps 400 Bright Slope Streaks on Mercury, Hinting at Ongoing Volatile Loss

Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

NASA Study of Apollo Moon Soil Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Researchers Identify Compact 'Inner Kernel' in the Kuiper Belt at 43 AU

Astronomers Confirm 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Seventh Quasi-Satellite

Study Pinpoints a Dry Proto‑Earth Within 3 Million Years, Bolstering Theia Water‑Delivery Theory

Discovery of 'Ammonite' Narrows Search for Planet Nine