"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

The bold question-askers at What If talk with Bill Nye about why blowing up asteroids may be the worst defense strategy.

Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...

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Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise orbit, the calculation usually gives scientists a cloud of its possible ...

Despite the slightly higher chance of impact, the risks from Bennu shouldn’t keep anyone awake at night. There’s more than a 99.9 percent chance that Bennu will not hit Earth in the next three ...

The near-Earth asteroid 1998 OR2 is at least 1.5 kilometers across and will pass 16 lunar distances away on April 29, 2020. Image by Arecibo Observatory/NASA/NSF ...

The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a ...

The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...

According to the website, Earth spins faster when the Moon’s orbit takes it significantly north or south relative to the ...

AR Earth and Planetary Sciences 2020 / Knowable ... Soon after the impact, a new type of foraminiferan appeared, says Pearson, “studded with spines that may have helped them to float as well as ...