Space.com on MSN6d
Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Discover Magazine on MSN6d
Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Futurism on MSN2d
Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge
Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but ...
NASA warns 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza will make its closest approach to Earth for more than 100 YEARS tomorrow
TN17 is estimated to be around 540 feet in diameter, which is greater than the height of the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt (449 ...
How-To Geek on MSN1d
The Story of How Pluto Was Discovered 95 Years Ago
Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was ...
Chemistry World3d
JWST reveals exoplanet composition with unprecedented clarity
From this route, the resulting exoplanet would be expected to share roughly the same composition as its parent star. ‘The ...
Earth hit by meteorite that originated from a non-existent planet
The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...
Gargantuan Globes
Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...