Meteorite That Smashed Through a New Jersey Roof Hid an Ancient Chemical Secret
Artist illustration (using ChatGPT) of a CM-type carbonaceous chondrite parent body asteroid with a near-surface brine deposit exposed…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
1,000 Days Until ‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid Stuns Skywatchers
Topline In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest…
Camper Accidentally Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps
When Joël Lapointe was planning an epic camping trip through the Côte-Nord region of Quebec on Google Maps,…
Earth Has a ‘Quasi-Moon’ Lurking Nearby, and These Are the First Images of the Space Object That Prove It
The Chinese Tianwen-2 mission has captured the first imagery of a space object that some astronomers are calling…
Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid
This composite image shows the 2019 Geminid meteors and a meteorite-dropping fireball captured by a camera on La…
Researchers Prove a Stadium-Sized Asteroid Slammed into the North Sea Triggering a 330-foot Tsunami
AI-generated image of the asteroid impact. Cracking a cold case is always tricky. But figuring out one from…
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off…
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,…
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…