Every Thursday, Jezebel will yank you from this flaming dumpster planet and catapult you into the cosmos, delivering the most awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping astronomy news taking place right beyond ...

Japanese Hayabusa2 mission collected dust from asteroid Ryugu, located 200 million miles away, revealing all five nucleobases that form the genetic code ...

Full set of genetic 'seeds of life' found on a rock billions of years old ...

The Artemis 2 stack will leave Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) huge Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) tonight at around 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on March 20) and head for Launch Pad 39B, w ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...

Asteroids! From 2024 YR 4's possible lunar impact to the DART mission's impact of Dimophos, we look at how scientists are ...

Spread the loveOn the evening of March 18, 2026, skywatchers will be treated to a spectacular cosmic display as the asteroid Iris approaches a background star, creating the illusion of a double star.

Spread the loveOn March 18, 2026, Earth will experience a close approach from an asteroid designated as 2026 FB. This small celestial object, measuring approximately 69 feet in diameter—comparable in ...

Chinese scientists recently provided a new perspective on the origin of the asteroid 2016HO3 -- the target of the country's ...

Why are craters perfectly round even though meteorites are irregularly shaped? Steven RiserConyers, Georgia To answer your question, let's have some fun. First, watch as I throw this irregularly ...

The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet to find the crater.