Life on earth is a delicate thing. One of the pathways it takes is asteroids and balms, the most influential group of land animals on our planet. If it weren’t for the 10-kilometer-wide meteorite that spanned Earth about a million years ago, dinosaurs would be able to maintain their dominance …
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It is comforting to imagine that trained in the universe on both space- and earth-based telescopes, we could find asteroids of any dangerous size a mile away on our way, which would have plenty of time to color them white or explode them. . But every asteroid we see coming …
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In its 6.6 billion year long history, Mars has taken its punch right from damaging asteroids and handling comets. Today, the surface of the Red Planet is covered by less than 43,000 impact craters, more than a kilometer long; Some ancient regions have suffered much more than others. In the …
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Mars is being eclipsed – not only by humans who are keeping an eye on their future missions and potential off-earth colonies – but also by other space stones. This planet is much smaller than the red planet. Otherwise known as a Trojan, it moves in the direction of the …
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In August Gust, scientists warned us of the fact that the flying space object is going straight to Earth, with the potential impact of the planet on election day. To be clear, the asteroid, the 2018 VP1, is only 7-feet in diameter and has a 250 chance of actually making …
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