An object left a big gash on Mars. It also spawned a quake.
The image below, taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (which arrived at Mars in 2016), shows one of the ...
Tesla Shot To Mars Was Warning About Elon Musk’s Irresponsibility, Says Space Law Expert
Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth dwellers that Elon Musk's pranks have consequences.
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Is Now at ‘Highest-Risk’ for Colliding With Earth in 2032
YR4 was only just discovered on Christmas Day last year, flying uncomfortably close to our planet, just 500,000 miles away. That’s roughly twice the distance of the Earth to the Moon, but it might get ...
What exactly is an asteroid and will one really hit Earth in 2032?
Scientists say that a newly discovered space-rock has a chance of colliding with our planet in less than 10 years ...
NASA sends out warning as three giant asteroids set to just miss Earth
NASA is keeping a close watch on three asteroids making near-Earth approaches today. One of them, named 2025 CF, will pass within just 77,200 miles of our planet-roughly one-third ...
Why is one half of Mars so different to the other? ‘Marsquakes’ may have just revealed the answer
The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Scientists have long theorized that Charon formed much like Earth’s moon, which was created after a Mars-size object slammed ... “Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ...
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How hydrogen kept early Mars warm
Mars haunts us as a vision of a planet gone wrong. It was once warm and wet, with rivers flowing across its surface and ...