Some 400 million years ago, a meteor more than 2 miles wide slammed into what is now the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, creating an impact crater 34 miles wide.
A pair of strange flashes have been spotted coming from the moon, and scientists believe they know what caused them.
A Japanese astronomer captured two lunar impact flashes — caused by meteor strikes on the moon — just two days apart on video ...
Fujii began tracking moon flashes more than a decade ago. He started initial observations in 2011, he explained. He has been ...
Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that ...
Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii captured two bright flashes on the Moon, the result of meteors hitting the lunar surface at ...
Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.
A study has found evidence of an asteroid impact that shook Australia 11 million years ago. There are glass beads strewn ...
The astronomer said that it may have originated from the Southern or Northern Taurid meteor showers, but it's not confirmed.
Two bright meteors were caught slamming into the moon on Thursday (Oct. 30) and Saturday (Nov. 1), by Japanese astronomer ...
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