A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed—one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars. Conducted by a team of ...

Rocky planets such as Earth and Mars are born when small particles smash together to form larger, planet-sized clusters in a planet-forming disk, but researchers are less sure about how gas-giant ...

The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New experiments have shown that the core of ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

Planet formation used to sound straightforward: dust clumps into rocks, rocks grow into worlds, and the rest is detail. A ...