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A close view of the weird ridge wrapping around the equator of Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Did a giant impact and a crashing submoon form the bizarre ridge around Iapetus?
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A town with impact: Nördlingen, Germany sits in the floor of a huge impact crater
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Jun 4, 2019
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What astronomers mean by 'rubble pile asteroids'
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May 20, 2019
The asteroid Bennu, a “rubble pile”, seen by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a distance of 13 km. Note the huge boulder on the lower right. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
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Could larger space rocks be hiding in the Beta Taurid meteor stream? We may find out this summer.
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May 14, 2019
A meteor shower — in theis case, the Perseids — is usually composed of small bits material sloughed off a comet that burn up in our atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL
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UPDATE: The lunar eclipse impact was from a beachball-sized rock moving at 61,000 kph!
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May 1, 2019
A small asteroid, probably only a few kilograms in mass, slammed into the Moon during a lunar eclipse on January 20, 2019. Credit: Griffith Observatory
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The largest asteroid impact since Chelyabinsk exploded harmlessly over Bering Sea
Phil Plait
Mar 25, 2019
A natural-color image of the fireball and vapor trail from an asteroid that blew up over the Bering Sea in late 2018. Credit: NASA/GSFC
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Meteorite impacts a house in Uruguay
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Mar 22, 2019
The brecciated structure is apparent after a part of the San Marco meteorite was sawed off. Credit: Demarco et al.
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What killed the dinosaurs? Astronomy and geology.
Phil Plait
Mar 7, 2019
Artwork depicting the last day of the Cretaceous Period. Credit: Davide Bonadonna via Imperial College London
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Sometime in the past decade Mars suffered an impact shotgun blast
Phil Plait
Feb 27, 2019
A series of fresh impact craters on Mars were created by the breakup of an incoming asteroid or comet. The event happened sometime no earlier than 2009. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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An asteroid impacted the Moon during the lunar eclipse!
Phil Plait
Jan 23, 2019
Amateur astronomer Christian Fröschlin saw the impact as well; he added together several video frames to make this composite. The streak to the upper left is a star. Credit: Christian Fröschlin
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Deep freeze impact: Scientists find a *huge* asteroid impact crater under Greenland’s ice
Phil Plait
Nov 14, 2018
Incoming! Somewhat fanciful artwork depicting the asteroid responsible for the Hiawatha impact crater asteroid breaking up high above the Earth before slamming into Greenland. Credit: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA/GSFC
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A bright meteor over Greenland didn't spark nuclear war. [Phew]
Phil Plait
Aug 3, 2018
The Chelyabinsk, Russia fireball on Feb. 15, 2013, seen from a dashboard camera. Credit: Евгений Славенков via YouTube
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Watch two meteorites hit the Moon
Phil Plait
Jul 31, 2018
An impact from a small meteoroid lights up the moonscape. Credit: Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System (MIDAS)/Jose Maria Madiedo
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An asteroid impact triggered an avalanche on Mars!
Phil Plait
Jun 26, 2018
In color, the ochre dust and dark basalt underlying it are more obvious. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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A spectacular crater glows on the Moon's far side
Phil Plait
Mar 2, 2018
Pierazzo crater, an impact site on the lunar far side, just over the edge of the Moon as seen from Earth. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
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Did the dinosaur-killer asteroid have an accomplice? Evidence is… mounting.
Phil Plait
Feb 12, 2018
I couldn’t find a good picture of an asteroid, a dinosaur, and a volcano, so please instead enjoy this photo I took of a meteorite, a Gorn, and a piece of lava. Credit: Phil Plait (reluctantly)
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