Massive 800-million-year-old asteroid shower on Earth left dozens of huge craters on the moon
Any sign of this ancient onslaught has been erased from the surface of Earth, but the moon still has the ...
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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit at “deadliest possible” angle
During an asteroid impact, angles matter.
Playing Asteroids is No Game: Humanity’s Future Could Depend on Diverting Asteroid Impacts
It isn't hyperbole to say, the survival of our species may depend on a sucessful method of preventing an asteroid ...
NASA reports asteroid to pass close to Earth tomorrow, might ‘airburst’
No need to fear it -- just don't look at it.
Researchers may have spotted the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system
Small but significant.
Hubble spots our second interstellar visitor — a comet
"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."
Scientists reconstruct the first 24 hours of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Molten rock shooting for the moon, huge tsunamis hundreds of feet tall, and global wildfires were triggered immediately after the ...
Japan just landed a shuttle on an asteroid
It's a remarkable achievement.
Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon’s South Pole could be a massive metal deposit
It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.
Fake killer asteroid destroys New York City in NASA planetary defense simulation
Don't panic -- this is just a drill.
Half of all water in the oceans may have come from ancient asteroid collisions
The mystery of Earth's water may have been solved by a team of Japanese researchers.
Japanese probe blasts the first artificial crater on an asteroid
The blast might help scientists answer fundamental questions about the solar system's formation.
This new approach to spotting incoming asteroids should keep our planet safe
"With the we can spot objects regardless of their surface color, and use it to measure their sizes ...
Astronomers spy self-destructing asteroid with a twin comet-like tail
A well-known asteroid is spectacularly disintegrating before astronomers' eyes.
New photos from asteroid Bennu reveal stunning surprises
We have a shuttle in outer space, orbiting and asteroid and beaming back data and images. Still seems pretty incredible.
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite?
The meteorite only lives as it is falling.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than ...
Key ingredient for life on Earth may have come from outer space
Phosphates forged in space made their way to Earth on comets and asteroid.
Japanese rovers beam back more awesome pictures from asteroid’s surface
You can see how the sun moves across the asteroid's horizon.
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