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In 1903, a mining engineer staked a claim on Arizona's Meteor Crater, convinced a fortune in iron lay beneath the floor, and spent 26 years drilling for a meteorite that had mostly vaporized on impact — his family still owns the crater today, and science later proved him right about everything except the treasure
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (26+ words) A wealthy engineer bet his fortune on a hole in the ground that science said was worthless, and spent three decades proving the experts catastrophically wrong....
The Asteroid Birds and the Clay Pigeon Shooting Range
9+ hour, 33+ min ago (47+ words) — English Version — The Asteroid Birds and the Clay Pigeon Shooting Range Summary phrase by GPT-5.6 Sol While competing for dominance over the artificial, man may shoot down the heralds of the …...
Violent Planetary Engulfment May Be Common Across Cosmos | Space
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (368+ words) Violent Planetary Engulfment May Be Common Across Cosmos Labroots Violent Planetary Engulfment May Be Common Across Cosmos How can astronomers identify when stars have consumed planets? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as…...
The Moon may have formed intact just hours after a giant collision
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (781+ words) Scientists have discovered that the Moon-forming collision may have depended heavily on how hot and physically strong early Earth and Theia were. New simulations found that some impacts create the familiar disk of debris that later becomes the Moon, while…...
Aluminium eggshells take on space debris with nearly 65% impact reduction
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (591+ words) Researchers at Dalian University of Technology in China have tested a spacecraft protection structure made from water-filled aluminium eggshells, with the design reducing the velocity of an impact projectile by nearly 65 per cent. The research, published in the Journal of…...
From the asteroid belt to the Great Lakes - space rock found on remote island in Lake Huron
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (761+ words) A meteor that crashed through the atmosphere over the Great Lakes produced shock waves before landing near Lake Huron. Canadian meteor hunters eventually tracked the space rocks to Cockburn Island. (FOX 2) - When it crash-landed on a remote island in the…...
Hayabusa2 Just Made Space History With a First Laser Experiment Around an Asteroid
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (645+ words) Hayabusa2 has completed the first successful laser ranging experiment during an asteroid flyby, opening new possibilities for deep-space exploration. The experiment took place during the spacecraft’s encounter with asteroid Torifune on July 5, 2026, as part of the Hayabusa2 Extended Mission. The achievement expands…...
Name our dino – ESA’s Hera asteroid mission mascot!
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (661+ words) The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence has a cartoon dinosaur for its mascot – because dinos were made extinct after an asteroid impact, but while they didn't have a space agency, people do! Now we’re asking you…...
The Ancient Cosmic Disasters That Shaped Earth's History
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1207+ words) Earth may look stable from the ground, but its history has been repeatedly rewritten by events arriving from space. Asteroids, planet-sized bodies, and enormous showers of extraterrestrial debris have smashed into our planet, melted crust, altered environments, and sometimes transformed…...