Even 200 years after asteroid 16 Psyche was discovered, astronomers continue to puzzle over its formation. Psyche is the 10th ...
All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the ...
The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet ...
A massive asteroid slammed into the southern North Sea between 43 and 46 million years ago, producing a 330-foot tsunami that ...
Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...
In 2022, NASA hit Dimorphos with a spacecraft. But looking back through the data, astronomers believe they have found ...
Video: Simulation of an asteroid impact that triggered a North Sea tsunami 43 million years ago. New research recreates the asteroid strike that carved the Silverpit crater and un ...
A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it ...
In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. New observations show how it went.
Ever wondered how those weird, floating \"snowmen\" way out in the deep freeze of the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune's orbit ...
Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed the first direct evidence that asteroids in a binary system can exchange rocks and ...