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Why Astronomers Are Tracking a Dangerous Asteroid Headed Toward Earth
The cosmos has always fascinated humanity with its vast mysterious expanse holding both beauty and potential danger. Among the threats from outer space asteroids are ... Read more The post Why ...
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Before the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs, another asteroid sparked biodiversity on Earth
Scientists said dust spawned by a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years earlier triggered an ice age on Earth that ushered in a significant increase ...
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Jupiter got hit by a planet 10 times the mass of Earth billions of years ago, and its core is still reeling, a new study suggests
When Jupiter was young, about 4.5 billion years ago, a protoplanet with 10 times the mass of Earth crashed head-on ... An ancient collision, the researchers suggest, would explain why Jupiter's ...
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A planet between Mars and Jupiter could have kicked Earth out of orbit
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. New research claims that a long-wished for planet between Mars and Jupiter could ...
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Nuclear weapon or laser? How to stop the asteroid on collision course with Earth
Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ... headed towards Jupiter and set to return in December 2032.
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NASA's DART project: the secret plan to protect Earth from asteroid collision
A successful collision with its target took place on September 22, 2022, and succeeded in slowing down by a few minutes the time it takes Dimorphos to orbit Didymos (11 hours and 55 minutes), an ...