We know that Mars was once wetter than it is now, but questions about when water formed and evaporated are more difficult to answer. Now a new study suggests that there was water on the Red Planet about 4.4 billion years ago, much earlier than previously thought. It is based …
Read More »Social media lights with reports of Giant Meteor around CBS Pittsburgh on the East Coast
Pittsburgh (Kedica / AP) – Did you see it? Early Wednesday morning, many social media users in Pittsburgh and down the East Coast say they saw a bright flash of light and a streak of light in the sky. A truck driving with an I-76 in Pennsylvania was able to …
Read More »NASA JPL Says Tiny Asteroid Approaching, May Strike Earth Election Eve – CBS San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / CNN) – Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divided US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming in on us. On the day before the presidential vote, no less. The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on Nov. …
Read More »Meteor hunting and how to differentiate between a space rock and a terrestrial rock
[ad_1] If you look at the sky at night long enough, you will almost certainly see a shooting star – a bright, fine light that pierces the sky. Shooting stars, or meteorites, are often the last we will see of the rock that caused its bright flash in the sky …
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