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Forget Coronavirus: This ‘Earth Destroyer’ Asteroid Could Kill You First
In a year of global threats like coronavirus, the killer asteroid hurting toward Earth this Saturday is a dreadful reminder of space dangers. The post Forget Coronavirus: This ‘Earth Destroyer’ Asteroid Could Kill You First appeared first on CCN.com дальше »
2020-2-14 01:30 | |
Moon rocks could help us resurrect extinct species???
Life is the last thing you would associate with the eternally dark craters of the lunar poles. But these craters could hold the key to explaining how complex, multi-cellular organisms evolved on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, affording unimaginable insights into our planet’s biological past. дальше »
2019-10-19 12:00 | |
Study: Ocean ecosystems take 2 million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species. The asteroid was equally devastating at a microscopic level, driving ocean plankton to near-extinction. дальше »
2019-10-4 16:38 | |
How life on Earth was boosted by an asteroid collision 446m years ago
Something mysterious happened nearly half a billion years ago that triggered one of the most important changes in the history of life on Earth. Suddenly, there was an explosion of species, with the biodiversity of invertebrate animals increasing from a very low level to something similar to what we see today. дальше »
2019-9-30 20:00 | |
Nuking asteroids could save the Earth — but we need to make it legal first
The schlocky 1998 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon was the highest grossing film of that year. The blockbuster saw a master oil driller (Willis) and an unlikely crew of misfits place a nuclear bomb inside a giant asteroid heading for Earth, blow it up – and save humanity. дальше »
2019-5-12 12:00 | |
NASA head warns: Expect a major asteroid impact in your lifetime
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine thinks it’s time to start taking the threat of an Earth-altering asteroid impact seriously. In a speech today at the International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference, Bridenstine opened his keynote with a warning about what’s to come. дальше »
2019-4-30 03:09 | |
NASA is paying SpaceX $69M to crash a rocket into an asteroid
NASA today awarded SpaceX a $69 million contract to redirect an asteroid off its intended path. The mission, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), uses a technique known as a kinetic impactor. дальше »
2019-4-13 03:21 | |
Why it’s so hard to detect dangerous asteroids before they hit Earth
Earth is often in the firing line of fragments of asteroids and comets, most of which burn up tens of kilometers above our heads. But occasionally, something larger gets through. That’s what happened off Russia’s east coast on December 18 last year. дальше »
2019-3-30 20:00 | |
Why Japan’s mission to bring space rocks to Earth is so incredible
A spacecraft launched by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2014 successfully touched down on a speeding near-Earth asteroid, and has collected samples to bring back for scientists to study. дальше »
2019-2-22 15:12 | |
NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth
NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. дальше »
2018-12-5 16:32 | |