An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earths atmosphere, and while it wasnt dangerous, it marked the fifth time in history an asteroid was detected right befor… [+3243 chars]
A Tyrannosaurus rex chick shivers in the cold aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The asteroid caused sulfur aerosols to enter the atmosphere, which led to global cooling. (Image c… [+4938 chars]
Scout constantly looks at data posted by the Minor Planet Center, a clearinghouse in Cambridge, Mass., that notes the discoveries and positions of small space objects. Then the software tries to figu… [+1692 chars]
Although the Arecibo radio telescope is no more, it continues to deliver scientific discoveries. There is a wealth of Arecibo data astronomers continue to mine for new discoveries, and one of them is… [+3298 chars]
The US-based space agency NASA has shared new images of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa which are beamed back by Juno spacecraft. The space agency informed that the stunning view of Jupiter's souther… [+2015 chars]
An experiment called Cislunar Highway Patrol System would operate beyond geosynchronous orbit, in the region near the moon WASHINGTON The Air Force Research Laboratory is asking companies to submit … [+1797 chars]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup Grumman After meeting the major milestone of aligning the telescope to NIRCam, the Webb team is starting to e… [+3005 chars]
Its been a busy year on Mars for NASAs Ingenuity helicopter, and its not about to slow down now. After 21 flights, the aircraft is still in excellent condition, so NASA has extended its mission throu… [+2582 chars]
These are the first fossil remains of this group of quadrupedal herbivores, which lived from the early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous, to be discovered in Asia. Their appearance was distinctive, si… [+3110 chars]
For the first time, physicists have confirmed a weird quantum phenomenon in which tiny particles, when nudged out of place, will snap right back to where they came from. The strange behavior, called… [+6880 chars]
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being able… [+7458 chars]
The opening of the ice-free corridor that linked Beringia to the North American interior happened potentially thousands of years after the first human migrations to the continent, according to new ev… [+7438 chars]
