The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...
Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico, forming the Chicxulub crater. This impact wiped out ...
What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...
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The Dinosaurs of North America Were Thriving Up Until an Asteroid Wiped Them Off the Face of the Earth, Scientists Argue
A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...
The S2 mega meteorite unleashed an ancient apocalypse on Earth unlike anything we could imagine, but did it also help life ...
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North Dakota Fossil Site Reveals When Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs
Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they ...
Scientists are closely monitoring a potential asteroid impact on the moon, specifically asteroid 2024 YR4, which could ...
NASA has warned of a new cosmic phenomenon that could affect Earth. It is neither the comet 3I/ATLAS, nor the already famous ...
Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...
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