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Six asteroids ‘dangerous to Earth’ discovered – but could they really hit us?
Of these ‘six invisible threats’, three named 2020 SB, 524522, and 2020 CL1 ‘have a severe risk of collision’ as their orbits ...
Costa Rica’s powerful 'mudball' meteorite reveals new secrets from deep space
The fall of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite was no ordinary event. It came from a nearly vertical angle, about 81 degrees steep, ...
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China launches its first asteroid sampling mission
China launched its first asteroid sampling mission early on Thursday morning, aiming to explore a near-Earth small asteroid and retrieve its samples for scientists. Carrying the Tianwen 2 robotic ...
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Grass Is Relatively New On Planet Earth, And That Has Some Wild Implications
Tom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the ...
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When Catastrophe Became Catalyst: How a Giant Meteorite Transformed Earth’s Ancient Oceans and Fueled Microbial Evolution
We think of impact events as being disastrous for life,” said Dr. Nadja Drabon, a Harvard geologist whose recent research is ...