Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be ...
Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid with an average diameter of 340 metres will pass ~32,000 kilometres from Earth’s surface in ...
It cannot yet be ruled out that the asteroid 2024 YR₄ will crash into the moon in seven years' time, with dangerous ...
The weight of the asteroid may vary from 51 million kg to more than 711 million kg, and the energy required to move each of those weights precisely differs greatly.
Mass extinction sounds scary, but it’s basically nature’s biggest reset button. Throughout Earth’s history, there have been ...
Researchers have found evidence of a previously unknown asteroid impact, but the crater is still at large. The clues of this ...
Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...
Minerals like platinum-group metals, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium, could be scattered across the nearly 6,500 craters made by asteroids on the Moon, according to the study published in ...
Meanwhile, up to 3,350 craters larger than 1 kilometer could have water, narrowed down to 20 larger than 19 kilometers with ...
NASA planetary defence experts simulate catastrophic asteroid impact scenarios with a 72% Earth strike probability, as ESA's ...
Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a vast hidden telecom network this week, which could have crippled communication across ...