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…
Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side Are Rewriting Lunar History
Moon rocks returned from a rarely sampled region are offering a new view of the Solar System’s turbulent…
Dinosaurs were roasted to death by asteroid dust cloud
Dinosaurs roasted to death in a hellish “oven” created by superheated dust when an asteroid hit Earth 66m…
One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has connected a specific asteroid collision in the main belt to an inner-solar-system-wide…
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…
Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Crater May Have Been Found in the Australian Outback. It Hit Earth 3 Billion Years Ago
Credit: Curtin University. Three billion years ago, before there were any animals, forests, and even before oxygen filled…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is 12 Billion Years Old, Almost Three Times Older Than the Solar System
Credit: ESA. One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the…
Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth
PADUA, Italy — A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the…
NASA: Asteroid the size of 38 Menachem Mendel Schneersons to pass Earth Thursday
An asteroid around the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes is set to pass the Earth on Thursday, June…
Quantifying Surface Heterogeneity Across Asteroid (101955) Bennu using Candidate Site Remote Sensing Data
Locations of the four candidate sites across a 2D map projection of Bennu’s surface captured by the OSIRIS-REx…
Scientists Just Found Evidence That Asteroids May Have Helped Create Life on Earth
Researchers in South Korea found ancient stromatolites inside an asteroid impact crater, pointing to a surprising link between…
See Boeing 737-Sized Asteroid Pass Much Closer Than The Moon Tonight
When at its closest at 4:16 p.m. EDT (20:16 UTC) on June 27, 2011 UL21 will be one…