Cosmic bombardment may have opened Earth's crust for prebiotic chemistry

Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean ...
Science Daily

Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...
Space.com

SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 (video)

Liftoff of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation mission occurred on schedule at 9:09 p.m. ET tonight (Jan. 2). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
Italian Space Agency

Historic milestone in space: Italian COSMO-SkyMed 2 satellite reaches 100,000 orbits.

The satellite was launched in 2007 Italy's radar constellation for Earth observation is celebrating a record-breaking ...
asi.it

FIRST LOOK AT EARTH FROM THE COSMO-SKYMED FM3 SATELLITE

CSG FM3 opens its eyes on Earth. Just a few days after launch, the first acquisitions from the new second-generation satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation have been received. COSMO-SkyMed is the ...
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SpaceX kicks off 2026 with launch of Italy’s Earth satellite

SpaceX has opened 2026 with a precision launch that put a new Italian Earth-observation satellite into orbit, extending a long-running partnership between the company and Italy’s space and defense ...