A new study suggests a massive northern asteroid impact billions of years ago made the Moon's surface radioactive, significantly influencing its geology.
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Tianwen 2 will collect samples and deliver them back to Earth in late 2027, using a reentry capsule. Then the spacecraft will ...
A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...
Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically ...
Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
The balls spelled Rise up L.A. as a message of encouragement after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. The balls were put into ...
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No one spotted the asteroid as it approached. Astronomers caught it only a few hours after it had already passed, when data ...
When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find ...
An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days’ time. The space rock—dubbed “2025 FA22″—is 520 feet across. On a cosmic scale, it will ...