Asteroids
The Chicxulub asteroid impact that ended the dinosaur era left the site in what is now Mexico hot enough to sustain underground microbial life for at least 8 million years. New analysis of rock cores shows the hydrothermal system lasted far longer than earlier estimates suggested.
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Nasa's Psyche spacecraft has used Mars' gravity to accelerate toward its target asteroid. The maneuver occurred on May 15 when the probe passed close to the planet.
New research has resolved a long-standing debate, confirming that the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea resulted from an asteroid strike about 43 to 46 million years ago. The impact generated a tsunami over 100 meters high. Led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University, the study used seismic imaging and shocked minerals to provide definitive evidence.
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Images from NASA's DART mission have provided the first direct visual evidence that asteroids in binary systems exchange material through slow-moving debris. Faint streaks on the asteroid moon Dimorphos suggest debris from its parent asteroid Didymos landed there, driven by sunlight-induced spin. This discovery highlights the dynamic nature of near-Earth asteroids.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft captures Mars images during flyby
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March 20, 2026 16:07Rubin observatory finds huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
March 07, 2026 04:33Nasa's dart mission alters binary asteroid's orbit around the sun
February 27, 2026 11:39Assessing risks of asteroid impacts on Earth
February 13, 2026 09:22Asteroid Bennu's amino acids formed in cold conditions
December 25, 2025 12:13New analysis of meteorites advances asteroid mining prospects
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