Sixty-six million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid slammed into what's now the Yucatan peninsula at 40,000 miles per hour. The impact ignited wildfires across the world, created global tsunamis, and caused the extinction of three quarters of earth's species – including the dinosaurs.
NASA predicts, monitors approach of small asteroid over Canada
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) was able to predict and monitor the impact of a "tiny" asteroid approached Earth before streaking across the early morning dark sky on Saturday Nov. 19 and breaking up in Earth's atmosphere.
A time-lapse image taken by astronomer Robert Weryk captured the night sky as the space object streaked above on a path seen from London, Ontario in Canada before it dissolved in the atmosphere.
What if the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by an asteroid? | Tech News
But this catastrophic event made human evolution possible. The surviving mammals flourished, including little proto-primates that would evolve into us.
Imagine the asteroid had missed, and dinosaurs survived. Picture highly evolved raptors planting their flag on the moon. Dinosaur scientists, discovering relativity, or discussing a hypothetical world in which, incredibly, mammals took over the Earth.
Asteroid samples reveal early Solar System history | Mirage News
Nearly two years ago, the Hayabusa2 space probe returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth. Since then, international research teams – including members of ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS – have worked on analysing the valuable cargo.
Saving Earth: DART - the Double Asteroid Redirection Test - Talk of the Town
Sixty-six million years ago the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico was struck by an asteroid 10km in diameter travelling at 70,000 km/h. This giant space rock drove deep into the Earth's crust and exploded with an energy equivalent to 100 million Hydrogen bombs.
In a few short years, 75% of all species were driven to extinction. No four-legged animal weighing more than 25 kg survived. Of the dinosaurs, only the small, feathered ones that later became birds made it through.
Close Calls | StarDate Online
Earth will have a close call tonight. An asteroid that's big enough to cause major damage will pass just 708,000 miles away — about three times the distance from Earth to the Moon.
2005 LW3 is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid — one of about 2200 that we know of. Such asteroids could hit us. And if they're big enough, they could inflict major harm.
Pernel Media explores 'Rise Of The Birds' in new documentary - TBI Vision
2022 Geminid Meteor Shower Is Active, Ready to Rain Down Shooting Stars - CNET
The Geminid meteor shower, typically the strongest meteor shower of the year, is officially active now in the night skies.
The Geminids can deliver over a hundred meteors per hour during peak nights. It's also the rare shower that doesn't require you to wake up at atrocious hours before sunrise for the best viewing experience.
An Ancient Meteorite May Hold the Key to the Ocean's Origin | EverythingGP
A carbonaceous meteorite that crashed into Earth last year features extra-terrestrial water and other elements that indicate the origin of water on Earth, according to a recent study by the Natural History Museum and the University of Glasgow.
Known as the Winchcombe meteorite, the space debris, which is in pristine condition, crashed into a driveway in Gloucestershire in February 2021.
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