When a meteor smashes into your driveway
Only after they had scooped up the mystery matter, and after having seen planetary scientists froth excitedly about a new ...
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Asteroids, Comets and Meteors News
Oct. 10, 2024 — When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten ...
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An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs — But it invented something amazing for ants
Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to help them survive and get ...
Final chance to see stunning ‘comet of the century’ TONIGHT before it disappears for 80,000 years
A BRIGHT comet will be visible to the naked eye tonight, before fading into darkness over the coming days. It will be one of ...
Saturday Comet Tracker: When And Where To See The Bright Comet Tonight
How, when, and where to look to see Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS after sunset this Saturday, Oct. 12, with sky charts, before ...
Comet last seen 80,000 years ago still visible in UK skies
A comet last seen for Earth some 80,000 years ago has been spotted in North-East England. The C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) ...
Comet Tracker For Sunday: When And Where To See It Tonight
How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Sunday, Oct. 13, with sky charts, ...
You can see one of ‘most beautiful meteor showers’ of 2024 in California sky. Here’s when
The best time to view the Orionid meteor shower in California is during the hours after midnight and before dawn on the mornings of Sunday, Oct. 20, and Monday, Oct. 21.
Early evening meteor shower: How to tell your Draconid meteors from your Taurids
There's major meteor showers every few months, with many peaking between now and Christmas. So what's the difference between ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS visible in the night sky, won’t return for 80,000 years
ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3, is expected to be visible to the naked eye for several weeks this October across the Northern ...
The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers
Dinosaurs certainly didn’t benefit from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, but that was a wholly different story for the ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is from the Oort Cloud—the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects
The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space.