Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon
During their flyby of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft…
Asteroid Hosts All Ingredients for DNA and RNA
The basic ingredients for life as we know it are common in the cosmos. Scientists are still learning…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, NASA reveal plans for blasting city-killing asteroids away from Earth
Rock-a-bye, baby. With scientists warning that Earth could be susceptible to thousands of undetected asteroids, Jeff Bezos’ space…
Meteorite hunters search Ohio for pieces of 7-ton space rock
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to…
Jeff Bezos Wants to Save Earth With This Freaky-Looking Probe
Rocket company Blue Origin is looking to add “defender of Earth” to its repertoire, developing a new mission…
Asteroid Ryugu Contains All 5 DNA and RNA Building Blocks, Study Shows
Early Earth was a brutally hot, volcanically active, radiation-bathed wasteland. Somehow amid this hostility, the necessary ingredients for…
A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Extraction and purification of organic molecules from samples The Ryugu A0480 (11.9 mg) and C0370 (8.3 mg) aggregate samples were…
NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos…
No chance asteroid will slam into the moon in 2032, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024…
6-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Strike Created a Massive Field of Natural Glass in Brazil
Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath…