Planetary scientists estimate that each year, about 500 meteorites survive the fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere and fall to our…
The effects of ancient asteroid impacts on Earth are still evident from the variety of impact craters across our planet.…
Telescopes have captured meteoroids hitting the Moon and several spacecraft imaged Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter in 1994. But…
Here’s something we don’t see very often: an Earth-grazing meteoroid. On September 22, 2020, a small space rock skipped through…
In a year of devastating wildfires, destructive derechos, early and active hurricanes, widespread social unrest, contentious politics and more --…
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the…
A new study by a team astrobiologists shows how certain types of extreme bacteria thrive on meteors, which could reveal…
In a new study, a pair Harvard scientists calculated how often interstellar objects could collide with our Moon, and how…
New research by a team of UK scientists has located the site of the massive impact that took place in…
When 'Oumuamua was first detected on October 19th, 2017, astronomers were understandably confused about the nature of this strange object.…