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The 5 largest meteors ever plunged to Earth
With the power to destroy up to 15 million tons of TNT, some meteors carry enormous destructive power that once plunged to Earth.
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The risk of meteorite crashing into the earth is greater than expected
A study published in Nature confirms the risk of meteorites crashing into the earth as a meteorite explosion in Russia was much larger than previous forecasts.
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Found evidence in the Tunguska case?
A Russian scientist has claimed to have found the first meteorite in a mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908. The Tunguska event in June 1908 was one of the mysterious…
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Discovering asteroids that are about to fly close to Earth
An asteroid of the same type as the object that caused the Tunguska explosion in 1908 will fly over Earth in 2013.
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Meteors are about to bring gold to earth
In early October, a massive meteor shower will descend on Earth, brought by the comet Giacobini-Zinner, flying close to our planet.
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Find evidence of alien life
Scientist Yefugainey Dmitriyev has declared a fossil creature in the meteorite pile in the Tunguska and Kalasinutulan areas of Russia.
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Earth is threatened by meteorites
According to Radio Voice of Russia on October 5, at the Applied Astronomical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. The International Conference…
Environment
Consolidating the hypothesis that the Tunguska explosion in 1908 was caused by comets
New Cornell University study, the United States is almost certain that the 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a comet falling into the atmosphere. The explosion is de…
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Summary of the best news week 01/02/2017
New matter, meteorites fly over Earth, people in the future, embryos half-human and half-pig .... are the most interesting news readers have seen in the past week.