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The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to ...
Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...
An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science's long-running questions—and it could change our ...
A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
A new study challenges the idea that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact. Researchers at UCL Earth Sciences ...
An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not ...
What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...
A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...
Scientists have discovered where Earth's water comes from, and say that it wasn't brought to the planet by asteroid impacts ...