Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?
New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object.Credit: Credit not required. This is a public domain image. It forever ...
Tag: Comets/Asteroids
The comet that killed the dinosaurs
New theory explains possible origin of the Chicxulub impactorCredit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay It was tens of miles wide and forever changed ...
Young planets with teenage sun give space studies a lift
New planetary system offers glimpse into how planets evolveCredit: Illustration courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center HANOVER, N.H. - February ...
A new way of forming planets
Credit: Image: Jean Favre CSCS. In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of ...
Emirates mission to reach Mars on Feb. 9 with instrument by NAU planetary scientist
EMIRS will provide a unique view of the lower and middle atmosphere of the planet, measuring the distribution of dust ...
Shining a new light on dark energy
Dark Energy Survey releases catalog of 700 million objectsElliptical galaxies are generally characterized by their relatively smooth appearance when compared ...
NASA’s first mission to the Trojan asteroids integrates its second scientific instrument
Credit: NASA/ASU NASA's Lucy mission is one step closer to launch as L'TES, the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer, has been ...
Recently discovered comet seen during 2020 total solar eclipse
Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Andreas Möller (Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V.)/processed by Jay Pasachoff and Roman Vanur/Joy Ng. Eclipse image used with permission. As Chile ...
The Subaru Telescope photographs the next target asteroid for Hayabusa2
Credit: NAOJ On December 10, 2020 (Hawai?i Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope imaged the small asteroid 1998 KY26, the target ...
A pair of lonely planet-like objects born like stars
Credit: © University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger Star-forming processes sometimes create mysterious astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are ...
First presentation after Hayabusa2 mission return set for SPIE conference 14 December
Details of the successful mission will be discussed during the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Digital ForumCredit: JAXA. BELLINGHAM, Washington, ...
Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system
Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets existCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) ...
Key building block for organic molecules discovered in meteorites
Credit: Daniel P. Glavin Scientists from Japan and the USA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic ...
Fast-moving gas flowing away from young star caused by icy comet vaporisation
Credit: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing ...