More than 50,000 years ago, a meteor hit Earth and formed what we now call Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. But new ...
A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, ...
On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the Moon. If this happens, it will not only produce a visible flash, easily spotted from Earth, but will likely be followed by periodic ...
An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.
What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...
In a scientific breakthrough with cosmic implications, researchers have, for the first time, precisely dated the emergence of microbial life within a meteorite impact crater—revealing that life not ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s concept shows a small meteoroid striking the surface of Earth’s moon. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty ...
Natural silica glass, found in Earth's driest regions, forms when intense heat from meteor impacts or atmospheric explosions ...
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...
How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...