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The metal '2.8 meteorite' struck the ground
The meteorite-like object containing rock and metal made an explosion that ranged 2 km away when frightened by locals.
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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…
Discover science
Strange minerals reveal the day the Earth became 'hell' because of asteroids
The pieces of coal, strange rocks, stones and sulfur from hell have helped scientists recreate the earth's day of disaster equivalent to 10 billion atomic bombs.
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Close up of meteorite burning like a fireball falling in Australia
Recently, a relatively large meteorite has landed in southern Australia, creating a giant trail of light in the dark night.
Space science
Indian farmers are shocked when meteors fall between rice fields
A meteorite-like object fell into the middle of a rice field in Madhubani district in Bihar state, eastern India, on July 22, and shocked people working here.
Space science
3 billion tons of meteorite fall to Earth
Evidence of a meteorite attack that is equivalent to 940 million bombs dropped by the US Hiroshima was explored in the UK, after 1.2 billion years of burial.
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The burnt meteorite lit up the sky of Brazil
Meteorites rush through the atmosphere at an altitude of about 36km above the Atlantic Ocean.
Discover science
The aircraft discharges waste causing Indians to think of meteorites falling
A strange object on January 19 fell into a wheat field in the village of Fazilpur Badli in the state of Haryana, India, creating a small hole on the ground that made peo…
Archeology
Revealing the cause of the elephant's extinction
Mammoths disappeared from the ground after massive meteorites fell to Earth 12 thousand years ago. Many animals that cannot adapt to such sudden changes in climate have…
Space science
Meteors created the oldest rocks of the Earth
According to Nature Geoscience, some of the oldest rocks on Earth can form due to the melting of basalt during the meteorite bombardment of the Earth.
Space science
What if meteorites fall into the ocean?
Referring to the falling meteorite, we must think of the disaster that caused the dinosaurs to become extinct. However, that is only the exception, because the meteor bl…
Space science
Meteorites fall and create a giant double hole in Sweden
Swedish scientists first discovered a unique double hole created from two meteorites that fell to Earth at the same time 460 million years ago.
Space science
Find diamonds in meteorites that fall to Earth
A meteorite can exist from the time of formation of the solar system that falls to Earth and explodes, creating countless large pieces of diamond.
Space science
Meteors fell on the head of a 7-year-old boy
The rare accident happened when a boy playing outside was caught by a meteorite.
Space science
The meteorite that falls in Russia contains a tremendous amount of energy
On November 6, researchers from the Czech Republic and Canada reported that meteorites fell on Chelyabin province in central Russia in mid-February, bigger and heavier t…