Asteroid A11dc6D impacts Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean — 10th predicted Earth impactor on record

According to data provided by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), A11dc6D entered Earth’s atmosphere…

Lake Erie fireball leaves glowing trail over Ohio, U.S.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received over 530 reports about a bright fireball seen over Lake…

This Early Impact Devastated Life then Gave it a Boost

Most of us know about the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years…

New Research Reveals Provides Insight into Mysterious Features on Airless Worlds

Between 2011 and 2018, NASA’s Dawn mission conducted extended observations of Ceres and Vesta, the largest…

Testing Heat Shields for Different Atmospheres

Testing is one of the unsung steps in the engineering process. Talk to any product development…

China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ Joins Starlink as the Latest Mega-Satellite Constellation in Orbit

With ‘Thousand Sails,’ China joins the race to fill up Low Earth Orbit with mega-satellite constellations.…

Life on Earth Needed “Unmelted Asteroids”

The word “volatile” is commonly used in the space exploration community, but it has a different…

Three fireballs light up the skies over the Great Lakes, AMS receives hundreds of reports

Three bright fireballs were observed over the Great Lakes region of the United States of America…

Dark Matter Has a Firm Grip on These Galaxies

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1270 lies about 240 million light-years away. But it’s not alone. It’s…

NASA Achieves Impressive Bandwidth with its New Laser Communications System

Ships passing in the night used Morse code sent with lanterns and shutters to communicate. That…