In February 2013, a meteor streaked over the town of Chelyabinsk, glowing with the intensity of 30 suns and eventually exploding in the air in the largest airburst since 1908’s famous Tunguska Event. It hospitalized over 1,200 people and received…
Rogue killer comet could be heading for EARTH after mystery meteor shower seen A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN meteor shower could be a sign that a “potentially dangerous” comet poses a threat to the Earth, astronomers have warned. SETI WARNING Scientists at the…
A glowing green comet with a huge tail is streaking across the inner solar system for the first time in 11,000 years – offering a night-time lightshow that might even be visible to the naked eye. Comet Lovejoy has brightened…
Philae Lander finds organic life above comet Among the results gathered by the Lander, was the discovery of organic molecules in the atmosphere just above the comet’s surface. This find could indicate that the building blocks of life from which…
Scientists are baffled by the strange and mysterious sounds recorded from comet 67P ahead of Philae landing We did not expect this and we are still working to understand the physics of what is happening,” Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier, head of Space…
Does this picture look like alien evidence? A European robot probe has made the first, historic landing on a comet, but its status remains uncertain after harpoons failed to anchor it to the surface. Officials said the craft may have…
ASTEROIDS, METEORS & METEORITES Weird Asteroid Itokawa Has a Dual Personality 25143 Itokawa is a relatively small near-Earth asteroid that was visited by the Japanese Habayusa spacecraft in 2005. It has also been monitored by Stephen Lowry of the University…
Hundreds of people across Texas reported seeing a bright ball of light streak across the sky around 9 p.m. Saturday. Many submitted a formal report to the American Meteor Society (AMS), though most have settled for a response on the Facebook…
An Origin of Life On Earth Theory Cosmic Ancestry is a new theory pertaining to evolution and the origin of life on Earth. It holds that life on Earth was seeded from space, and that life’s evolution to higher forms…
The comet, known as C/2011 L4 Pan-Starrs, can be seen through binoculars from Friday night in the Northern Hemisphere and will become gradually brighter until early next week when it could be visible to the naked eye. It has already passed…
A comet spotted earlier this year may pass close enough for Mars to feel the rock’s hot breath down its neck, according to new reports that surfaced Monday and Tuesday. The comet, named C/2013 A1, may pass within a few…
