What happens if an asteroid hits the moon? The 2032 Earth warning

Scientists are tracking potential asteroid threats in 2032, raising questions about what could happen if an asteroid were to ...
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NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

As part of Juno’s extended mission, the spacecraft is making close encounters of Jupiter’s large Galilean moons after having ...
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Did Earth's water really come from meteorites?

For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history (OK, the time ...

What would happen if a ‘city-killer’ asteroid hit the moon?

They figured this out by looking at the asteroid’s mass and the energy that would be released if it struck the moon’s surface, called kinetic energy. This impact would cause a magnitude five ...

Is THIS where aliens are hiding? NASA discovers an exoplanet 146 light–years away that's 'remarkably similar to Earth' – and it could be habitable

Dubbed HD 137010 b, the planet might fall just within the outer edges of its star's 'habitable zone', meaning there could be liquid water on its surface and a suitable atmosphere for life.

Experiment shows complex molecules can form on space dust — offering new clues to the origins of life

The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according to a lab experiment ...