Meteor impact in Canada may have triggered the Big Freeze that caused mass extinction and forced humans into agriculture
The high temperatures of the meteorite impact 12,900 years ago produced mm-sized spherules of melted glass ...
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Dinosaur wipeout caused by comet, not asteroid – new study finds
The current leading theory that explains the mass extinction of the dinosaurs - once the dominant group of animals on ...
Amazing photos of comet PAN-STARSS. Also, anonymous donation of $3 million helps keep observation program alive
This month the PAN-STARSS comet can be seen at its brightest, a truly rare event that can be witnessed in ...
Upcoming 2013 ISON comet might be the brightest ever – set to shine as a full moon
Photograph of Comet West, one of the greatest comets of all-time, taken by an amateur astronomer. ...
Newly discovered comet set to light up the sky in 2013
Discovered just last week by a Russian team at the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), the comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) ...
The Lyrid Meteor Shower – not to be missed this weekend
A moonless night might offer the best setting for the best view of the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower in years ...
Comet might have catastrophically collided with Earth 13,000 years ago
A recently published study suggests that the Earth might have been visited by a giant space rock 13,000 years ago, ...
NASA creates space harpoon to take samples from comets
NASA has developed a harpoon that would make even the most pretentious pirate jealous: it can latch on to comets ...
Half of supermassive black holes are surrounded by ‘dust clouds’
Black holes are perhaps the most fascinating and staggering objects in the known Universe, and we are just now beginning ...
Stunning photos of the Perseid meteor shower
I was lucky enough this weekend to be away from the city and at an altitude of about 1800m, deep ...
[VIDEO] Man-sized meteor over Georgia sky
In a relevant display of NASA's fireball-observing network capabilities, a set of automatic robotic cameras caught a man-sized meteor as ...
The most spectacular comet death ever
Every once in a while, the Sun gets a little hungry; in those times, it grabs on a little comet ...
Comet flyby produces “stunning pictures”
After six years of loneliness, this Valentine's day was the charm for one of the veteran comet-chasing spacecrafts. As Stardust ...
NASA rejects Russian report: Apophis asteroid extremely unlikely to hit earth
In 2004, NASA researchers identified the Apophis asteroid and after some quick calculations they states there is a chance the ...