It was a turning point in the history of life on Earth. An asteroid an estimated 10-15 km wide slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, triggering a global cataclysm that ...

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In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for ...

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and ...

This image from a video animation provided by NASA depicts the Lucy spacecraft approaching an asteroid. On Nov. 1, 2023, Lucy encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The name of an Indonesian scientist and Jesuit priest, Christoforus Bayu Risanto, has been officially immortalized as an asteroid in the list of the Working Group for Small Body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The moon sets behind Monte Prena in Gran Sasso d'Italia National Park in January 2022. The stargazing calendar for 2026 gets off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention ...

A newly discovered asteroid has shattered speed records, completing a full rotation in just 112 seconds, faster than any ...