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Create a center to deflect meteorites
Iowa State University, USA, has just established a research center that brings together scientists to find the best way to divert the orbits of dangerous cosmic objects…
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Found evidence of life originating out of Earth
According to AFP, European and American scientists have for the first time demonstrated that two small pieces of genetic code, called nucleus (nucleobases), in the Murch…
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NASA wants to land on meteorites
The National Aeronautics Agency (NASA) intends to send astronauts to a meteorite of 40 meters in diameter moving at 45,000 km / h.
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Detected a rare meteorite hole through Google
Dr. Arthur Hickman's discovery through Google Earth on the vestiges of a meteorite incident rarely seen in far-flung Western Australia gave him the right to name the cra…
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The truth about the shooting star
In the darkness of the early morning of April 15, 1912, when the Titanic sank into the ice of the Atlantic Ocean, survivors saw a series of light trails in the sky that…
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The oldest solar meteorites
A group of scientists led by Jessica Sunshine of the University of Maryland using visible and infrared data from telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii has identified three met…
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The graceful dance of a meteorite ruin
The GMini (Gemini South Multi-Object Spectograph) tool recently captured a strange image of a wide cloud called DEM L 316 in the Magellanic Large Cloud area. The peanut-…
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Volcanic activity on the Moon more than 4 billion years ago
According to a study published in Nature, there is volcanic activity on the Moon 4.35 billion years ago, shortly after the formation of the planet.
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Life on the earth grows by colliding with meteorites
Scientists still believe that meteorites are the main cause of the extinction of most marine species 250 million years ago and dinosaurs 65 million years ago. However, a…
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The meteorite will hit Mars at the end of January 2008
A meteorite will crash into Mars with a probability of 1/75 on January 30 next year, according to scientists from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA).
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When the spacecraft is mistaken for a meteorite near Earth
According to the Daily Mail daily (UK) on November 15, astronomers have been blushed because of a disastrous mistake. The story is after discovering an unknown object is…
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Asteroids hit Earth: Don't be too afraid ...
Meteorites, Asteroids Are there differences? As predicted, in 2036, Apophis asteroids hit the Earth ... Do not panic - astronomers recommend and answer the most frequent…
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Seeing back the dangerous meteorite
After 47 years of losing track, astronomers rediscovered the meteorite 6344 PL, one of the potentially dangerous cosmic objects for the Earth. What is interesting is tha…
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Deflect meteorites with ... mirrors
According to research by Scottish scientists, using mirrors in space to focus sunlight on meteors is the best way to deflect the orbits of dangerous objects on Earth.
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Establishing 'ramparts' to protect Earth from meteors
Protecting the Earth against the possibility of colliding with meteors is the subject of a scientific conference opening on September 17 to commemorate the 150th anniver…