It was only about a day ago that NASA showed off some Hubble’s finest work yet in the form of new images of Jupiter. The photos (and a brief animation made of many >>
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An ancient Mars crater likely spawned a devastating mega-tsunami
The Mars we know today is dry, dusty, and (probably) devoid of life, but that wasn’t always the case. Scientists believe Mars was once a wet world, with vast oceans that may have >>
Japan’s asteroid probe is about to attempt its second daring asteroid touchdown
Japan is doing some incredible things with its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe. The spacecraft has now spent several months in orbit around the space rock known as Ryugu, and it’s blown not one but >>
Scientists still have no idea what that mysterious ‘alien probe’ actually was
The bizarre, twisted saga of Oumuamua — the strange object that whizzed through our solar system so fast it wasn’t even spotted until it was already leaving — just got another chapter. A >>
Astronomers captured an image of a double asteroid as it sped past Earth
Astronomers eager to observe bizarre visitors to our neck of the Solar System were in for a real treat late last month as the rare double asteroid 1999 KW4 made a “close” pass >>
NASA needs your help to bring an asteroid sample back to Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has already accomplished a lot since arriving at the space rock known as Bennu late last year. The spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the asteroid, scanned its surface with a >>
Scientists simulating an asteroid strike last week couldn’t save New York from being obliterated
Some of the world’s top scientists and disaster response teams spent a big chunk of last week simulating what might happen if a large asteroid were headed straight for Earth. The idea was >>
A huge asteroid will squeak by Earth in 2029, and you’ll be able to see it without a telescope
Roughly a decade from now, a rather sizable space rock is going to have a very close encounter with Earth — on Friday the 13th, no less. On April 13th, 2029, the asteroid >>
