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Finding meteorite fragments in Russia
A group of Russian scientists on February 17 found a stone, believed to be a meteorite fragment at Lake Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region, on February 15, after the Ru…
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Next month, a meteorite approached the earth
The meteorite is about the size of a football field flying quite close to Earth, and will approach the closest distance to our planet in the middle of next month.
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A giant meteorite just flew over Earth
A giant meteorite about 270 meters in size has just passed through the Earth, but is unlikely to pose a danger to our planet.
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NASA wants to 'capture' meteorites as a space station
Scientists from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) plan to capture a meteorite and change its trajectory to turn it into a space station.
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Russia can build meteorite rockets
A missile and space technology group in Russia said it would deploy a missile-making project capable of destroying earth-threatening meteors.
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'Hunting' meteorites with private telescopes
The private telescope is the center of the Sentinel Project - the space exploration mission announced June 28 in California (USA) - by the non-profit B612 Foundation set…
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Find the oldest Earth's crater
An oldest meteorite, formed on Earth about 3 billion years ago, was discovered in the west of Greenland island. It is said to appear after an asteroid collision of 30km…
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How valuable is the rock from Mars?
In late May, a shiny black Martian rock, so small that it could fit in the palm, was sold for $ 43,750 (more than 900 million dong). This rock is part of the Tissint met…
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Tomorrow morning, a giant meteorite will fly over Earth
Astronomers say the 2012 LZ1 meteorite, which has a diameter of up to 700m, will fly over the Earth tomorrow morning (June 16, Vietnam time). At the latest moment, the 2…
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Today, a meteorite will fly close to Earth
At first, this meteorite was symbolized as 2012 KP24, discovered on May 23. After 12 observations, its exact trajectory was determined. The calculations show that 2012 K…
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The secret to helping you
With a value of up to $ 1,000 per gram, the stones from this space are always the target of many hunters. The following tips may help the process of finding them, but ke…
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The meteorite mining company was born
A series of top US entrepreneurs set up a company to exploit precious metals and water on 9 meteorites near the earth. Planetery Resources, the name of the new company,…
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Found a meteorite pattern falling in America
On April 26, US scientists announced that small meteorite fragments found in the northern state of California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weeken…
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Dig gold from meteors
That scenario was unveiled by an American company, supported by renowned director David Cameron and leading executives from Google. Planetary Resources co-founder Peter…
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Large meteorite by bus has just approached the Earth
On Sunday (1/4), the 2012 EG5 meteorite with a diameter of 46m flew over Earth at a distance of 230,000km - closer than the distance between the Moon and Earth, but does…