Somewhere among the stars is an asteroid that is hitting the Earth with a speed of 29,000 mph. In fact, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies lists some asteroids that have …
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It has been twelve months of counting the final minutes of 2019 and happily saying ‘Happy New Year’. We were unaware of what was meant for us in the coming days. For …
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The best present this holiday season came in a small package, which arrived in the Australian desert from within our solar system on 5 December 2020. Inside, astronomers were happy to open …
Read More »Fireball and iguana? 7 strange things that have fallen from the sky
Space rocks carry compounds that were formed billions of years ago on Earth. Spaceships flip fancy in the air, but explode when they touch back down very quickly. And sometimes, iguans fall …
Read More »Japan’s asteroid probe caught a ton of material in its second attempt – BGR
The asteroid probe Hayabusa 2, sent by the Japanese space agency JXAA, made two attempts to collect material from the surface of the space rock Ryu. As the samples now returned, fine …
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There are just a few days left in this strange animal of the year, which will surely go to the bottom of the history books, we thought it would be nice to …
Read More »The giant asteroid passes close to Earth on Christmas day according to NASA
A regular phenomenon is becoming, as we do not have enough problems to deal with on Earth, another giant object in space is clearly right for us. Ctv news Word brings that …
Read More »Japan tells what it got from that asteroid
(Newser) – They resemble small pieces of charcoal, but soil samples collected from an asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft and rarely returned to Earth. Japanese space officials reported Thursday that the samples …
Read More »Asteroid chips that look like coal tar sent back to Earth by Japanese space probe
Tokyo – They resemble small pieces of charcoal, but soil samples collected from an asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft and rarely returned to Earth. The specimens described by Japanese space officials on …
Read More »Meteorite clues point to a giant, unknown object in the early solar system
In 2008, something unique fell from the sky over Sudan, exploding over a vast, arid expanse of the Nubian desert. From the top this hurtling object is known as Almhata Sitta: a …
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