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Right here on Earth are some outstanding examples of meteorite and asteroid impact craters and other visible impact ...
Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...
A massive meteor crater in northern Arizona continues to attract visitors and spark curiosity about space and science, ...
Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...
The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...
The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...
An asteroid discovered last year and briefly thought to be a threat to Earth has a one-in-23 chance of hitting the Moon, ...
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...
A Martian meteorite, NWA-16788, weighing 24.67 kg, will be auctioned at Sotheby's. Found in Niger, it is estimated to fetch up to $4 million.