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…
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…
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found algae-like fossils in meteorite fragments that landed in Sri Lanka last year. This is the strongest evidence yet of cometary panspermia — that life on Earth began when a meteorite containing simple organisms…
NASA report confirms asteroid is likely to hit earth in 50 years The 325-meter (1,066-foot) asteroid 99942 Apophis, that will safely fly by the Earth in 2029 and 2036, may strike the planet in 2068, according to an article published…
Theory is based on analysis of several different pieces of footage U.F.O. watchers claim object seen close by could be a U.F.O. They suggest alien ‘guardian angels’ blasted rock to minimise threat Reports of a surge in UFO sightings in…
A Russian news website claims that the meteorite was shot down by the government to prevent further harm could be true. New evidence from video and CCTV could help solve the mystery. The 10 tonne rock caused widespread panic as…
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in…
Asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid’s path. The image was taken using a 3″ refractor equipped with a color CCD…
A meteor crashed to Earth in Russia Friday, injuring around 1,000 people as the shock wave and debris from a “biblical, cosmic” flash in the sky blew out windows, rocked buildings and led people to declare the world was coming…
When it slammed into the surface of Earth, there was little sign of the beauty that lay inside. But cutting the Fukang meteorite open yielded a breathtaking sight. Within the rock, translucent golden crystals of a mineral called olivine gleamed…
People from across the UK have reported seeing bright objects in the night sky, thought to be meteors or “space junk” Coastguards in Northern Ireland took calls from people who saw the objects from Coleraine on the north coast, to…
