to track this season. Noctilucent clouds continue to appear across the northern hemisphere, a comet is brightening, and two meteor showers are approaching their peaks. A total solar eclipse later this year will further enrich an already bustling...

2026) The findings, detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the extreme conditions of meteor impacts may have been the catalyst for this preservation. By rapidly quenching molten material, these high-energy events...

unusual in the sky. A bright streak appeared overhead, moving fast and breaking into pieces. Many assumed it was a large meteor burning up in the atmosphere. It was actually a piece of human-made hardware. The object was the orbital module of China’s...

Signals Unveil a Deep Martian Boundary NASA’s InSight lander spent four Martian years recording tremors generated by meteor impacts and internal activity. By tracking the speed of seismic waves as they passed through different rock types, scientists...

moonrise, even though the Moon’s brightness generally cuts through urban light pollution. Unlike faint deep‑sky targets or meteor showers, a full Moon requires no telescope. Binoculars can reveal broad surface features, while a modest telescope will...

piercing the upper atmosphere at speeds reaching 36,000 kilometers per hour (22,370 mph). Unlike the ephemeral streak of a meteor, the satellites descended at a shallower angle, providing a prolonged, multi-stage breakup process. Šilha explained that...

Laboratory tests confirm that an ancient iron artifact was crafted from meteoric metal, revealing its extraterrestrial origins. Archaeologists working at the Sanxingdui site in China’s Sichuan Province have unearthed an extraordinary artifact that...