A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...
Within the last few years, NASA has taken steps to protect humanity from threats posed by not only asteroids but also other ...
An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to ...
Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with ...
This gap may have been filled by icy bodies like comets and asteroids during heavy bombardment 4 billion years ago. The study ...
The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...
New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of ...
UK scientists used hundreds of tiny fossils that lived in the sea at the time to understand climate shifts tens of millions ...
Humanity is better prepared than ever before to prevent a large asteroid from crashing into Earth, but there's more work, and ...
We watch comets with wonder when they fly by Earth. But when asteroids like 2024 MK fly across our orbit, we track them with fear. Here's why. Asteroids and comets were formed about 4.5 billion ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of ...
Asteroids and comets form the most pristine bodies in the Solar System carrying information about its early formation history. They provide us with knowledge on the conditions in the parts of the ...