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Georgia science museum studying fragment from meteor that caused sonic boom as powerful as 20 tons of dynamite
A science museum in Georgia is studying a piece of a meteor that blazed over the Southeast last week and was later recovered ...
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In 2032, Earth May Witness A Once-In-5,000-Year Event On The Moon
"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...
Rare object from another star spotted zipping around our solar system
A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It was first discovered zipping near the sun this fall.
Meteor burns brightly across night sky in Scotland
Astonished Scots have captured a meteor streaking and burning brightly across the night sky. The orange light and accompanying bang was spotted at about 00:50 by people on the Isle of Lewis, Stirling, ...
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These Tiny, Beautiful Fossils Detail the History of the Ocean
Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...
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Ultra-Bright Meteor Seen in Broad Daylight, Stunning Residents Across the Southeast
More than 200 sightings were sent to the American Meteor Society, and a Georgia resident reported a rock falling through a ...
‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Could Hit The Moon, Sending ‘Bullet-Like’ Meteors Careening Towards Earth
NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...
7 years, 2 asteroids and tonnes of shooting meteorites: Are Earth, astronauts and satellites really safe?
Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...
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Fake apocalypses are an economic scam
In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...
Australia and the world's response to city-killing asteroids hitting the Earth may not be too far of a stretch to imagine
Three of these asteroids would have over one million times the energy of Hiroshima if they were to strike Earth’s surface and ...
What are the chances of Earth being hit by a big asteroid?
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...
Rare 'bolide' fireball falls from sky, sightings reported across Southeast U.S.
Sightings have come from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The National Weather Service station in Charleston noted the reports, saying that "satellite-based lightning detection ...