Artist’s impression of a comet flying through space, dragged by twin streams of gas and dust. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in a new tab) A strange volcanic comet has violently erupted, spewing more than a million tons of gas, ice and the “potential building blocks of life” into the solar system. The volatile comet, known …
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Waves of glowing orange lava and smoldering ash spewed and spat Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told residents of the Big Island of Hawaii to be prepared in the event of a worst-case scenario. Mauna Loa’s eruption did not immediately …
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So far, we’ve only had close calls of gamma-ray bursts so large, scientists have suggested, that if they occur in our solar neighborhood (less than 1,000 light-years away), they could potentially trigger mass extinctions on Earth. Some 440 million years ago, reports Nature, a nearby gamma-ray burst may have extinguished much of life on Earth. …
