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Scientists finally unlock the secret to why carbon-rich asteroids don’t hit earth
The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.
NASA Tracking Building-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space rocks passing by our planet over the next two days. The asteroid ...
NASA alert! A massive 370-ft asteroid as big as a 35-storey building set to pass Earth – know more about the speed and time
Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of ...
Discover Magazine on MSN6d
5 of the Biggest Extraterrestrial Impacts That Moved Oceans and Made Moons
What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...
Space.com15d
How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones ...
Visalia Times-Delta on MSN13d
A pink moon and a meteor shower: Four must-see celestial events in California this April
The biggest will be the Lyrid meteor shower, which is one of the oldest known meteor showers. The shower becomes visible in ...
The Washington Post3d
On the hunt for meteorites in the far reaches of the Sahara
BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.