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Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...
Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...
A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...
Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...
A monumental discovery has revealed that an asteroid struck the East Coast of North America roughly 35 million years ago, ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
In an instant, the Chicxulub impact forever changed life on Earth—blasting out a huge crater, vaporizing and flinging up tons of rock, and devastating plant and animal life.
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...
In 2032, a potential meteor shower could occur if asteroid 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon, raising significant interest among ...
NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...
The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...