Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Bio-Essential Sugars in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
A team of researchers from the United States and Japan has analyzed an extract from a sample of…
Asteroid 433 Eros will pass close to Earth, and you can watch it live
Many events occur in space, allowing scientists and astronomers to observe them in different ways. But tonight, an…
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX probe has captured striking images of Earth and the Moon
NASA has conducted various missions to study many structures in our universe. Whether black holes, galaxies, or exoplanets,…
Astronomers catalogue 40,000th near-Earth asteroid as surge
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Thursday that astronomers have officially catalogued the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid (NEA), a…
Well-Preserved Impact Crater Discovered in China
Researchers have discovered an impact crater formed on a granite mountain capped by a thick weathering crust in…
Two asteroid impacts on the Moon filmed by an amateur astronomer
An image showing the Moon and its various asteroid impacts. (Image source: Gunboat_Willie – Pixabay) A Japanese astronomer…
Earth Now Has “Two Moons” Until 2083, NASA Confirms
Photo: Stephen Rahn via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) NASA has confirmed that a little asteroid named 2025 PN7…
Beyond the Moon: A closer look at Earth’s quiet asteroid companions |
For years, scientists have known that Earth shares its orbit with a small group of space rocks known…
10,000 year old asteroid strike in China had force of 40 atomic bombs
A team of scientists has uncovered evidence that a massive asteroid strike created a prominent crater in southern…
Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before the mass-extinction asteroid strike, study suggests
Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years…
Asteroid found with orbit inside Venus’ orbit
Astronomers have discovered an asteroid in the inner Solar System whose orbit lies almost entirely within the orbit…
Meet 2025 SC79: Skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun’s glare discovered zooming at record speed
Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record…