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A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mercury is a mysterious world. As the closest planet to the sun, it’s a hard-to-reach destination for space missions. So far, only two have made it to Mercury—NASA’s Mariner 10 and MESSENGER ...
The largest piece of rock from Mars ever found on Earth, weighing 54 pounds, was sold for an extraordinary price at an ...
Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did it fetch the highest price of any meteorite ever, it’s also the largest, ...
Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she’s been serving as director of the School of Earth and ...
Local stargazers, mark your calendars — one of the most spectacular sky shows of the year is about to happen. The Perseid meteor shower, known for its display of fast, bright meteors, will reach its ...