Astronomers are learning more and more about asteroids. For instance, NASA's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft journeyed to an asteroid named Bennu and, in 2020, collected samples of rock and dust that ...

In 2016, NASA launched the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx towards the near-earth asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft managed to make contact in 2020, collecting samples which returned in 2023. Those samples ...

On Earth, it is commonly associated with processes like the weathering of volcanic rocks and ash. Until now, its role in Mars' surface composition was not well understood, but the new study suggests ...

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The Puget Sound Seismic Network (PNSN) recorded the earthquake at 9:54 a.m. Tuesday at a depth of just over 5 miles beneath the surface. Maps showed the closest town to the earthquake appeared to ...

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The rare weather event occurs when liquid precipitation hits a cold surface and freezes almost instantly, which can encase it in a layer of ice. New maps from WXCHARTS, which uses MetDesk data ...

Microsoft launched the business versions of its Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 today. The Intel-powered PCs are more expensive and have fewer color options than their Snapdragon siblings ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.

As a meteorologist, I couldn’t do my job without maps and names of places. We have surface maps and maps at various levels of the atmosphere depicting phenomena like jet streams and temperatures.