Near-Earth Object Impact News

• Moon
  Sun
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Solar Flare
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Nanoparticles Found in Moon Glass Bubbles Explain Weird Lunar Soil Behavior

  June 13, 2012 — Using synchrotron-based nano tomography, scientists have found a highly porous network of alien-looking glassy particles inside unbroken bubbles of glass in a sample of lunar ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Cosmic Rays
  Global Warming
  Ancient Civilizations
  NASA
   
  

  New Evidence Supports Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact

  June 11, 2012 — Scientists have discovered melt-glass material in a thin layer of sedimentary rock in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Syria. According to the researchers, the material -- which dates back nearly ... > full story
• Mars
  Solar System
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Astronomy
   

  More Than 635,000 Martian Craters Catalogued

  June 11, 2012 — How beat up is Mars from cosmic buckshot over the millenia? According to new research, there are a staggering 635,000 impact craters on Mars that are roughly a kilometer or more in ... > full story
• Mars
  Solar System
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Methane on Mars Is Not an Indication of Life: UV Radiation Releases Methane from Organic Materials from Meteorites

  May 31, 2012 — It was a sensation when scientists discovered methane in Mars’ atmosphere nine years ago. Many saw the presence of the gas as a clear indication of life on the inhospitable planet, as on Earth ... > full story
• Mars
  Solar System
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   

  Mars Missions May Learn from Meteorite from Australia

  May 30, 2012 — A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life ... > full story
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Venus
  Extrasolar Planets
  Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Why Earth Is Not an Ice Ball: Possible Explanation for Faint Young Sun Paradox

  May 30, 2012 — More than 2 billion years ago, a much fainter sun should have left the Earth as an orbiting ice ball. Why we avoided the deep freeze is a question that has puzzled scientists, but one astronomer ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Moon
  Pluto
   
  

  Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect

  May 24, 2012 — Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with such accuracy they were able to directly measure the drift resulting from a ... > full story

  More: 

  • Clues About Asteroid That Will Pass Near Earth
• Mars
  Organic Chemistry
  Solar System
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Graphene
   
  

  Organic Carbon from Mars, but Not Biological

  May 24, 2012 — Molecules containing large chains of carbon and hydrogen -- the building blocks of all life on Earth -- have been the targets of missions to Mars from Viking to the present day. While these molecules ... > full story
• Mars
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   
  

  Dark Shadows on Mars: Scene from Durable NASA Rover

  May 23, 2012 — Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable view ... > full story
• Space Telescopes
  ESA
  Space Exploration
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  NASA
  Astronomy
   
  

  Amateur Astronomers Boost ESA’s Asteroid Hunt

  May 14, 2012 — ESA’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping watch over space hazards, including disruptive space weather, debris objects in Earth orbit and asteroids that pass close enough to ... > full story

Search ScienceDaily