A hefty meteor weighing around the same as a grand piano recently exploded in the skies above Texas, potentially showering the surrounding area with smaller fragments. One of these meteorite chunks has already been recovered and could help reveal more about our cosmic neighborhood, experts say.
1000-pound meteorite crashed in Texas; it had energy of 8 tons of TNT | Tech News
Several people observed a meteorite illuminating the skies in Texas a few days ago on February 15 as it transformed into a fireball. While these space rocks usually have close encounters with Earth, they rarely come close enough to crash.
NASA revealed that a meteorite turned into an atmospheric fireball and crashed near McAllen, Texas, on February 15 around 6:00 PM EST. It was a 1000-pound rock and it broke into pieces about 21 miles above Earth's surface.
Scientists Identify New Group of Water-Rich Asteroids | Weather.com
In this day and age, it is pretty much impossible to be an asteroid and float quietly through the solar system without making any buzz here on Earth.
But these asteroids are much more than simply potentially hazardous bodies; they are also time capsules of sorts, preserving records of our primordial solar system in their rocky hearts.
A Solar Orbiter Filmed Mercury Crossing The Face of The Sun, And It's Glorious : ScienceAlert
A spacecraft studying the wild ways of our magnificent Sun has captured an event rarely seen from our position here on Earth's surface.
On 3 January 2023, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter observed the innermost planet of the Solar System slide across the disk of the Sun; a small black dot against a background of raging flame.
Take Water. Add Sodium Chloride. Chill and Squeeze Into Salty Ices. - The New York Times
Scientists have discovered two new forms of salty ice that probably do not exist naturally on Earth but might be found on icy moons farther out in the solar system.
"These structures are nothing like anything that has been described before," said Baptiste Journaux, an acting assistant professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington.
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