Around the same time Chicxulub marked the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, a second smaller asteroid also crashed into Earth.
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The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space—and with ...
The author of a new book on the DART mission takes us behind the scenes of the day NASA smacked an asteroid.
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...
Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...
Research highlights how the meteor impact that ended the dinosaurs helped spawn the mutualistic relationship between ants and ...
Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...