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Detecting diamonds in
Scientists have found the rest of the 2008 TC3 meteorite rushing into the atmosphere half a year ago. Scientists were surprised to find diamonds in them.
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The meteorite is as big as a 10-storey building flying close to the earth
Astronomers reported that an asteroid the size of a 10-storey building has just passed through the globe.
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'Hungry' threatens the Earth
The earth may be hit by a massive meteorite in 160 years. That is the warning of Italian scientists, posted on the latest New Scientist digital issue.
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The small planet has an Earth-like crust
Two newly discovered meteors can give new insights into the formation and evolution of these small planets.
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How to destroy a meteorite
According to a researcher at Tel Aviv University, blowing away a meteorite is in fact more complicated than what's in the movie.
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Meteorite bombs make life appear on Earth
It was the meteor bomb that the Earth had suffered before that was the cause of life on our planet.
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Must solve the threat from space
Scientists say the great risk of meteorites may occur in less than 20 years and the mission to block meteorites needs to be globally adopted.
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How many meteors fell on Western Canada?
About 20 meteorites with sizes less than 100m have been formed in the last 10,000 years, but only 5 of them are known.
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Meteor falls to Ontario
For the second time this year, the University of Western Ontario Meteor Group filmed an extremely rare video recording a meteor falling to Earth.
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The role of the sun during solar system formation
The strange oxygen atom mixture in an exploded meteorite in the sky of Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly 40 million years ago has caused scientists to suffer since that…
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The new clue of oxygen isotope originates the solar system
Oxygen is the most abundant element on Earth, accounting for nearly half of the planet's mass. Of the three stable isotopes of oxygen, the oxygen isotope 16 accounts for…
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Discover the origin of cosmic dust on Earth
The origin of meteorites can only be observed by microscopy that creates cosmic dust that was first revealed in a study published last September 1.
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Double meteorite fly near Earth
On July 14, a double-sized meteorite approached the Earth. While not colliding with our planet, scientists warn it to show that the Earth is at risk from the universe.
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Discover the origin of the most common meteorite
When observed with the GEMINI telescope, two Brazilian and American astronomers first discovered that small planets resemble
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Our solar system in the galaxy is rare
When people search farther in the universe, discover more planets other than the sun, many people wonder how unique our solar system is. Astronauts on the trip