Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…
China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26
Following the success of NASA’s DART mission, Chinese researchers are planning a new planetary defense test that they…
Scientists Say We Should Nuke Dangerous Asteroids—Just Not the Way You Think
Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and…
Violent asteroid impacts may have helped spark life on early Earth
Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again,…
Earth’s oldest asteroid impact struck 3 billion years ago
In 2025, paleogeologists announced the discovery of the world’s oldest known asteroid impact. Trace evidence of the strike…
A Single Asteroid Strike May Have Delivered All of Mercury’s Water, Study Finds
In 2012, a NASA probe confirmed something rather unexpected about Mercury. The scorching hot planet has deposits of…
Newly Discovered Crater Reveals Recent Impact
The Moon is constantly being bombarded by traveling space rocks, its surface recording each collision in the form…
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…
A Possible Lunar Impact in 2032 Could Spark Days of Meteor Showers on Earth
A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to Earth in 2032, with the tantalizing prospect of…
An Asteroid Could Smash Into the Moon in 2032. Here’s Why We Should Destroy It
Asteroid 2024 YR4 garnered global attention last year when astronomers estimated it could hit Earth in 2032. Though…
New Study Fuels Debate Over World-Changing Comet Strike 12,800 Years Ago
Roughly 12,800 years ago, as Earth was emerging from its last great ice age, temperatures in the Northern…
12 Shocking Historical Discoveries That Started As Myths Or Theories And Ended Up Completely Changing What We Thought We Knew
1.Today, we all know that an asteroid killed/started the extinction of the dinosaurs. The theory was first proposed…