January 7, 2019 Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused a mile-high tsunami around the Earth Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago thanks to a massive asteroid that hit the Earth in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, now known as the Chicxulub crater. While it's been generally accepted that the asteroid caused a massive disruption in the planet's climate, a new study says the asteroid also caused a worldwide tsunami that reached more than 5,000 feet in the air.
January 7, 2019 There are plants and animals on the Moon now (because of China) China's Chang'e-4 lander touched down on the far side of the moon (Jan.
January 6, 2019 Milky Way will collide with nearby galaxy, hurtling solar system into space, report says A nearby galaxy will slam into the Milky Way galaxy and send the solar system, where Earth resides, hurtling into space, according to a journal article in the Royal Astronomical Society.
January 6, 2019 Elon Musk teases what SpaceX’s Starship test vehicle will look like Elon Musk shared concept artwork showing what the completed Starship test vehicle will look like on Saturday.
January 6, 2019 Russia demands NASA explanation over snub of space chief Russia's space agency on Saturday demanded an explanation after NASA postponed indefinitely a planned visit by Russia's space chief.
January 4, 2019 Why China’s spectacular moon landing is so significant China’s Chang’e 4’s unprecedented moon landing on Wednesday is more than a stunning technical achievement. It represents an historic declaration of independence more far-reaching than the American Revolution’s “shot heard round the world.”
January 4, 2019 NASA announces latest discoveries from Ultima Thule flyby NASA has announced the latest discoveries from the New Horizons spacecraft’s historic flyby of Ultima Thule in the far reaches of our solar system.
January 4, 2019 Chinese rover leaves tracks on far side of the Moon China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a stunning new image of the tracks made by the lunar rover that landed on the far side of the lunar surface.
January 4, 2019 'Fossil' cloud made up of pure hydrogen could be remnants of the Big Bang The Big Bang is generally accepted to have occurred roughly 13.7 billion years ago, a time when the universe contained light elements, the heaviest among them hydrogen. From there, elements with significant heft permeated throughout the universe as we know it today.
January 3, 2019 Humanity will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid in a few years to help save us all Humans are preparing to punch the solar system — but in self-defense, not anger.
