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A large 'meteorite' meteorite is approaching Earth
The US Space Agency (NASA) is tracking an asteroid
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NASA is about to create artificial meteor shower?
The first artificial meteor shower on the planet could occur in the near future when NASA plans to take measures to defend the Earth.
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NASA discovered the 'cosmic gold store' that could turn everyone on Earth into a billionaire
The US space agency NASA has decided to join with billionaire Elon Musk to explore asteroids containing a huge amount of gold enough to turn everyone on Earth into a bil…
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Discover meteors containing superconducting alloys
For the first time, scientists have found superconducting materials - electrically conductive materials without resistors - that come from outside the Earth.
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Asteroids near the Earth have a porous structure
Data from Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft shows that the asteroid Ryugu is as highly porous as it is
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Result of a 4.6 billion-year-old asteroid shot of Japanese ship
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft explodes the surface of Ryugu, creating a sinkhole to help scientists understand the asteroid's composition.
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Scientists find a new satellite of the Earth
The small asteroid 2020 CD3 is temporarily turning into a new natural satellite of the Earth.
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Special system to save Earth from colliding with asteroids
Currently, our planet is surrounded by thousands of almost comet-like objects and asteroids with orbit through are likely to start a process of collision with us.
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Ancient meteorite hit the garden of the people
The small piece of meteorite left over after crossing Earth's atmosphere helped reveal information about the solar system 4.56 billion years ago.
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Detecting the asteroid moon near the Earth
Scientists discovered that 2020 BX12 is a binary asteroid with a smaller rock orbiting a larger rock.
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The most aggressive asteroid in the solar system
Pallas has countless giant craters on the surface due to collisions with other planets, causing it to warp like low-resolution golf balls.
Archeology
Discover the 'bizarre' life form of ancient land turtles
Asteroids thought to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago also left nearly 75% of all species on our planet extinct.
Space science
Giant meteorite is about to fly past Earth
The US Space Agency (NASA) has confirmed that a 1,000 meter diameter asteroid will fly over Earth on February 15, 2020.
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Another life form that 'emerges' from asteroids that kill dinosaurs?
New research shows that death asteroids kill dinosaurs and 75% of species gave another life form a chance to explode, changing the face of the planet.
Space science
Why are there so many asteroids in the Solar System?
What is in the solar system? An astronomer once cleverly answered: