Space rocks crashed on Earth containing compounds formed billions of years ago. Spaceships fancy fancy in the air but explode when they touch down too quickly. And sometimes, the iguana falls from the tree and the belly of the ground, settling on the ground. Here is a list of seven …
Read More »Despite the Dumpster Fire of 2020, here are 11 science achievements we’ve made in science
With only a few days left in this strange beast of a year that will surely come down in the history books, we thought it would be nice to reflect on the amazing things scientists have done so far. Despite everything. Of course, scientific achievements usually take years. However, here …
Read More »Huge planet to zip the earth on Christmas day
NASA is keeping an eye on the giant planet that zipped past Earth on Christmas Day. 501647 (2014 SD224), Space Rock U.S. The space agency’s “Close Approach” is on the list and could be 689 feet wide. It’s as long as two football fields. It is predicted to come within …
Read More »Gift of Japanese spacecraft: charcoal-like asteroid chips
TOKYO (AP) – It looks like small pieces of charcoal, but clay samples collected from a planet on Earth by a Japanese spacecraft and returned to Earth were hardly disappointing. The specimens described on Thursday by Japanese space officials are as large as 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) and are hard …
Read More »A small meteor planet could alter our understanding of asteroids
Scientists have released an analysis of meteorite fragments collected after a collision with Earth near an asteroid in 2008. They show that the parent asteroid was giant, and the results suggest that special, water-holding type asteroids may be larger and may have different mineral compositions than previously thought. The study …
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