A 1-megaton nuclear explosion detonated near a 160-meter asteroid produced damage and motion consistent with the object ...

Exactly two years ago tomorrow, an unexpected visitor startled a homeowner in Hillsborough, New Jersey. When a loud crash disrupted his morning on July 16, 2024, the man rushed towards the source in ...

In 2011, a 320-gram Martian meteorite discovered in Sahara Desert revealed evidence that Mars once had water. Known as Black ...

Scientists confirmed the astronomer’s suspicions with an expedition to the site in Quebec. The discovery offers a rare case of a reported new crater turning out to be real ...

Southwest Research Institute, or SwRI, is studying impact flashes generated by high-speed collisions. One application of understanding impact flashes is to remotely identify what materials are ...

Deimos, the smaller and outermost of Mars' two moons, is roughly oval in shape and has a deep depression at its south pole.

So far, most of the minerals found on Mars tell a story of lava poured out by ancient volcanoes, followed by long stretches in which water trickled through and slowly reshaped the rock. However, some ...

Google Maps is used by millions of folks for navigation. However, one man accidentally discovered a meteorite impact site ...

A single asteroid strike likely reshaped Mars’ moon Deimos, creating its massive polar crater and a global dust layer.

Earth’s formative years — a few billion years ago — saw the rise of the atmosphere, the filling of the oceans, and the beginnings of life. However, due to natural events such as subduction, burial, ...

IT WAS nearly noon, and the tropical sun was beating down on a rugged, remote expanse of Peruvian plains. Villagers from the settlements of Carancas and Desaguadero were going about their business ...

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra was formed by a meteorite impact. Here is why its unusual water, ancient temples and crater trails make it worth visiting.