On Christmas Eve in 2023, a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft captured what looks like a barcode etched into the rusty ...
The Moon has no atmosphere, no weather, and no wind. Yet it faces an invisible bombardment more relentless than any ...
When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the ...
New analysis of imagery from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) confirms that a meteoroid triggered the formation of a ...
A meteoroid impact on Mars has led to an unusual series of dust avalanches, captured by the European Space Agency’s ExoMars ...
According to a deep-learning analysis, most dust avalanches on Mars are driven by wind and dust, not by impacts or quakes.
“Dust, wind and sand dynamics appear to be the main seasonal drivers of slope streak formation,” Bickel said in a statement. ...
Sometime between 2013 and 2017, a meteoroid slammed into the edge of Apollinaris Mons, a massive ancient volcano. Fine dust then cascaded down steep slopes of the crater and formed the dark streaks ...
Bursts of light captured crashing into the moon last week were caused by dual asteroid strikes against the lunar surface that ...
Comets that rarely swing past the sun could ram into our planet, but we could spot them using the "crumb"-like meteoroid trails they leave behind, a new study suggests. Many comets visit the solar ...
A spectacular lunar explosion, captured by amateur astronomer Daichi Fujii, illuminated the Moon's night side on October 30 and November 1, 2025. Thes ...
Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the thin lunar atmosphere with a short ...