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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have created a vast underground habitat for life that lasted 8 million years
The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth's most enduring habitats for life.
Source: Space.com
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have sparked millions of years of hydrothermal life
When asteroids slam into Earth, they can create hydrothermal vent systems
Source: Scientific American
The gravity of the SpaceX IPO
The most anticipated IPO in history will hit the market next week. When Elon Musk is involved, opinions tend to be firmly on one side or the other. In...
Source: Freerepublic.com
A Rare Meteorite Just Revealed a Lost, Mars-Sized Planet from the Dawn of the Solar System
Meteorites are (usually) gifts from the heavens. They provide unique insights to parts of the solar system that we couldn’t access otherwise - either ...
Source: Universe Today
Could meteor storms harm NASA's future moon missions?
"If a major meteor shower outburst or storm is forecast during a mission or crew activity, the mission would be delayed or the crew kept inside u...
Source: Space.com
AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a failed mis...
Source: SpaceNews
Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world
A rare meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert contains evidence of a long-lost moon-size world that existed just a few million years after the sol...
Source: Space.com
Asteroid Dirt is "Fluffier" Than We Thought
The strength of gravity is different on every body in the solar system. Whether it's the crushing weight of Jupiter or the miniscule pull of a sm...
Source: Universe Today
Flash-Melted Glass from Chang'e-5 Reveals a High Levels of Iron on the Moon
It might not seem like it, but the Moon is constantly being both sandblasted and baked. Its lack of a thick atmosphere allows micrometeorites to impac...
Source: Universe Today
Massive boom over northeastern US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms
Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.
Source: Space.com
Big impacts
New asteroid discoveries, big changes at NASA, and breathtaking views of Saturn.
Source: The Planetary Society
Where did Mercury get its water ice? Maybe from a slow asteroid impact in a single Mercurian day
Mercury may have gotten much of its polar ice within a single Mercurian day following a massive asteroid impact, a new study suggests.
Source: Space.com
Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface
The origin of asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewa, target of China’s Tianwen-2 mission, is debated. Here, the authors show that it probably originated from ...
Source: Nature.com
The Risk of Stellar Flybys and GJ 710
In a stellar flyby, a star approaches our Solar System close enough to create gravitational mayhem. The last one was 70,000 years ago. There are more ...
Source: Universe Today
NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target
Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or "slingshot" maneuvers. NASA's Psyche mission used Mars for that purpose during a May...
Source: Universe Today
NASA's Psyche probe takes awesome images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid
NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some close-up pictures on t...
Source: Space.com
NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This fl...
Source: NASA
Scientists just solved a tricky asteroid-hopping spacecraft riddle
Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson problem, but a new mathematica...
Source: Space.com
Space Mining Market Size to Hit USD 16.09 Billion by 2035 | Research by SNS Insider
Global Space Mining Market Size, Share, Trends & Segmentation, By Phase, By Asteroid Type, By Commodity Resource, By Region, And Forecast 2026-203...
Source: GlobeNewswire
New Algorithm Cracks the Asteroid Routing Problem
The Traveling Salesman is a classic problem in mathematics that requires a solution to the most efficient path to take to visit a given number of citi...
Source: Universe Today