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For this week's edition of Drone Zone, we head to Winslow to check out the Meteor Crater. It was formed 50,000 years ago, and ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries Ouarkziz Crater Tenoumer Crater Gosses Bluff Siljan Ring Roter Kamm Manicouagan Crater Shoemaker C ...

Get your kids off their devices and into some real-world fun! Check out these awesome places in Midland-Odessa for ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater ... debris falls back to Earth after a meteorite impact and quickly cools down ...

Missile attack damages historic buildings in Odesa, injures seven Zelenskiy emphasizes need to strengthen Ukraine's air defences Odesa governor reports repeated Russian military attacks on same ...

Minutes later, a meteorite pummeled the walkway — exactly where Velaidum had been standing — and a Ring doorbell camera captured the entire incident on video. “I never stop on that spot ...

A meteorite crash, caught by a doorbell camera, has intrigued scientists and residents alike in Prince Edward Island. This rare event, documented last July, marks the island’s first meteorite ...

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera ...

“I wondered if it could possibly be a meteorite but wasn’t sure until we used a magnet and researched it online.” His 55-year-old father said it had “a strange shape” and “looked like ...