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Warning tragedy meteor strike, wipe out life on Earth
A leading astronomer believes that the scenario of an asteroid plummeting to Earth, wiping out the life of mankind is only a matter of time.
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Japanese probe brings precious specimens back to Earth
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the Hayabusa 2 probe had left the asteroid Ryugu and was on its way back to Earth.
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NASA renamed asteroid
Scientists at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) have named the outer planet Neptune (Kuiper belt object - KBO) Ultima Thule a new name is Arrokoth.
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Interstellar objects spread life from Earth into the universe
Along with the discovery of celestial objects from a distant universe, panspermians (the theory that life exists throughout the universe) began to find ways to prove tha…
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Discovered traces of life in the crater 375 million years
The impact crater, 52 km in diameter, caused by asteroids crashing into Earth became a favorable habitat for ancient microorganisms.
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Platinum scattered around the Earth: From the asteroid that nearly destroyed humanity?
The anomalous platinum trace in North America has just reinforced the existence of a cosmic object believed to have caused the last ice age and the tragedy of extinction.
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Revealing a new dwarf planet right in the Solar System
A space rock that has long been mistaken for asteroids may actually be a dwarf planet like Ceres or Pluto.
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NASA and ESA test the Earth protection program
The US Space Agency NASA and the European Space Agency ESA prepare to test the planet protection program. C
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The asteroid is about to fly closest to Earth in 115 years
The 34-meter-wide asteroid will graze the Earth tomorrow at a distance of nearly 1.5 million km.
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Detecting meteors with high probability of hitting the Earth
The meteorite has an estimated diameter of 14m, has been added to the list of hazards to Earth by the European Space Agency (ESA) after calculating the path and detectin…
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'Reveal' the most favorable place for aliens to observe the Earth
Imagine that you are an alien and always want to study the Earth or 'look at this place with jealous eyes', then the question is: Where is the most suitable place for yo…
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Four asteroids are flying past the Earth
The US space and space agency, NASA, said at least four potentially dangerous asteroids are and will be close to Earth last night and tonight, 3-10. However, the cosmic…
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Japanese spacecraft dropped the last robot on the asteroid
Hayabusa 2 dropped MINERVA-II2, a robot whose main task was to study the gravity of the asteroid Ryugu, before returning to Earth.
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Japan is about to drop the last robot on the asteroid
The landing robot will land on the asteroid Ryugu and collect samples to help scientists learn about the early solar system.
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150km asteroid hit Earth, a series of new creatures were born
A multinational team has found evidence of an ice age of life caused by a giant asteroid 466 million years ago.