Tag: asteroid

Artist's impression of a large asteroid impacting Earth, similar to the Chicxulub event that caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction 66 ...

This photo provided by NASA on January 22, 2024 shows a view of eight sample trays containing the final material ...

Atmospheric transmission at a wavelength of 500 nm as a function of time after impact. Credit: Scientists progress (2024). DOI: ...

This image provided by the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy shows a single asteroid exposed for 180 seconds as it ...

A modeling tool developed by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the progress of an asteroid shattered by a ...