asteroid impact

This mosaic of Bennu was assembled from observations gathered by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that orbited the asteroid for…

A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…

Can you see it? Credit: Google Maps Joël Lapointe was planning a camping route when a strange feature…

Following the success of NASA’s DART mission, Chinese researchers are planning a new planetary defense test that they…

In 2012, a NASA probe confirmed something rather unexpected about Mercury. The scorching hot planet has deposits of…

Scientists have identified the Yarrabubba impact crater in Western Australia as the Earth’s oldest, dating back 2.229 billion…

The Moon is constantly being bombarded by traveling space rocks, its surface recording each collision in the form…

Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of Geraisites: Brazil’s first-ever field of tektites. These glassy shards are the…

Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath…

A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to Earth in 2032, with the tantalizing prospect of…

A team of scientists has uncovered evidence that a massive asteroid strike created a prominent crater in southern…

Scientists have confirmed that a large crater in China’s southern Guangdong province formed as a result of an…

In 2010, NASA’s asteroid probe touched Bennu for seconds, sank almost 20 inches into loose rock and blasted roughly six tons of debris away |