WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The age of the dinosaurs ended in cataclysm on a spring day 66 million years ago when a 12 km wide asteroid hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of these remarkable beasts and about three quarters of the Earth. species. But were the dinosaurs already endangered, with failing diversification …
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Anyone who’s driven a car is surely familiar with the idea of blind spots – areas around you where you can’t see easily, and therefore, are particularly vulnerable to threats. This principle applies just as easily to asteroid hunting. As telescope technology continues to advance, astronomers have used their telescopes to peer into areas near …
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humanity is improve a planetary defense – at least against external threats from outer space, as long as they’re just dumb rocks that follow the laws of physics. And a group of extraordinary humans proved it last week when the planetary defense community stepped in to accurately track and predict exactly where a relatively small …
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A Martian megatsunami – a giant killer wave that may have reached more than 80 stories – may have passed through the Red Planet after a cosmic impact similar to the one that likely ended the age of dinosaurs on Earth, according to a new study. Although the surface of March is now cold and …
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An artist’s rendition of a killer asteroid exploding on impact with the Red Planet. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in a new tab) A newly discovered impact crater on Mars was likely left behind by a massive asteroid that slammed into the Red Planet around 3.4 billion years ago and may have triggered an 800ft ‘mega-tsunami’ …
An analysis of a huge piece of space rock that fell to Earth in Somalia has revealed material never before seen in nature. Two new minerals have been analyzed and named, and a possible third is currently under study by the International Mineralogical Association. This discovery could give scientists important clues about the formation of …
Two minerals never seen before in nature discovered in an asteroid that fell to Earth Read More »
Humanity improves a planetary defense. At least external threats from outer space. As long as they’re just dumb stones that follow the laws of physics. And a group of extraordinary humans proved it last week when the planetary defense community stepped in to accurately track and predict exactly where a relatively small meteor would land …
The space rock had been hidden by the glare of the sun, suggesting that more large asteroids are in a region of the solar system that is difficult to study from Earth above The dome of the 4-meter Victor M Blanco Telescope, where a dark energy camera detects asteroids orbiting between Earth and the sun. …
For only the sixth time in recorded history, astronomers have managed to spot an asteroid before it hits Earth. On November 19, 2022, nearly four hours before impact, the Catalina Sky Survey discovered an asteroid named 2022 WJ1 on an inbound trajectory. A network of telescopes and scientists sprang into action, calculating precisely when and …
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Space security 11/24/2022 8782 views 52 love In short On November 19, asteroid 2022 WJ1 became one of many small asteroids to hit Earth, but only the sixth we’ve ever seen coming. For the second time this year, mankind has predicted an asteroid impact. The roughly 1m rock caused no damage and burned into the …
