An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

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Your love horoscope is here for Friday! Each zodiac sign will learn a lesson about growth and love on March 21, 2025. While ...

For centuries, scientists have sought to understand the origins of meteorites that fall to Earth. Recent research has ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object—possibly as ...

Despite their overall similarities, asteroids are usually pretty distinct from one another. Vesta has a very different spectroscopic profile than Psyche, for example. So it might come as no surprise ...

Overview Accompanying last week’s Mercury retrograde, the asteroids Juno and Vesta are set to enter their retrograde cycles this week. Juno’s retrograde begins on March 19, prompting us to reflect on ...

“Giant Asteroid” has been a popular also-ran in the last three presidential elections, at least judging from bumper stickers, and those wiseacres who preferred planetary annihilation to Hillary, Biden ...

Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural shield, instead of crash landing on the ground, the asteroid burns up and produces an impressive light show, streaking across the ...

The fear of huge asteroid impacts shares similarities with the fear of flying. Though the probability of anything happening is very small, the vivid thought of such a catastrophic event occurring ...

It still lists Ceres as an asteroid along with Pallas, Eros, and 2309 Mr. Spock. There is no debate about Vesta being an asteroid though, and with a mean diameter of 329 miles (529 km), it is the ...