Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest...
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The bringer of a mass extinction. A menacing asteroid, some six miles wide, triggered Earth's last mass extinction. Now, scientists have found where it originated.Unlike most space rocks that impact our planet today, this behemoth object came from beyond the gas giant Jupiter. It was a "C-type asteroid" — which …
Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest...
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long puzzled scientists about its origins. With a diameter of almost...
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long puzzled scientists about its origins. With a diameter of almost...
Astronomers from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have made an exciting discovery—a giant planet in the constellation of the Great Bear. This...
Astronomers from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have made an exciting discovery—a giant planet in the constellation of the Great Bear. This...
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a...
Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, is tidally locked. It always shows the same side to the planet it is orbiting and hence also has a...
An asteroid, identified as 2024 RW1, safely disintegrated in the Earth’s atmosphere, producing a brilliant “fireball” over the Philippines, NASA...
Impact may have caused largest moon in solar system to swing on its axis, say scientists
In an announcement that has captured the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has issued...