Around 3.4 billion years ago, when Mars was a warm, wet world, an asteroid several kilometers wide tore through its thin air and crashed into a shallow sea, leaving an expansive crater on the seafloor ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Thermal Infrared Imager ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This high-resolution view of the asteroid Dimorphos was created by combining the final 10 ...

In one of the studies, researchers looked at some seismic data acquired by NASA's InSight Lander, which is currently out of commission, and found two massive asteroid impacts. These events occurred 97 ...

Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests. When you purchase ...

Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology claim that analysis of Mars' composition supports the idea that it was originally formed in the asteroid belt, and then migrated to the inner solar ...

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An asteroid discovered by The University of Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey has a one-in-75 chance of hitting Mars Jan. 30, scientists tracking it say. Catalina Sky Survey team member Andrea Boattini ...

We often think getting to know Mars will require us to actually get there in person and have a look at the place. While that may be true when it comes to uncovering the mysteries of the planetary ...

Scientists say there’s a 1 in 75 chance Red Planet may collide with space rock on Jan. 30. LOS ANGELES — Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mars could be in for an asteroid hit.A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday."These odds are ...