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Asteroid crater is over 2.2 billion years old
The oldest crater on Earth in the town of Yarrabubba has a diameter of nearly 70km.
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The 7 billion-year-old star dust in asteroid hits Earth
Scientists identified the giant rock meteorite that fell to Earth half a century ago containing dust and is believed to be the oldest solid material.
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The Earth was heavily contaminated with mercury before the collision with the Chicxulub meteorite
A new study has just published that before Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, dinosaurs and other living creatures were faced with toxic levels of me…
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Microorganisms like to eat meteorites
The metals in rock meteorites are the favorite food source of a microorganism named Metallosphaera sedula.
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An ancient object than the Earth fell into the Sahara, revealing the secret of 'earthquake'
Our oldest homeland may be a snow circle - the beautiful water around the young sun, which provides materials to shape the earth and its neighbors.
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Warning tragedy meteor strike, wipe out life on Earth
A leading astronomer believes that the scenario of an asteroid plummeting to Earth, wiping out the life of mankind is only a matter of time.
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Japanese probe brings precious specimens back to Earth
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the Hayabusa 2 probe had left the asteroid Ryugu and was on its way back to Earth.
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Humans can become extinct at any time
According to Oxford University scientists, the highest probability that 100% of Earth's population will perish is 1 in 14,000.
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Discovered traces of life in the crater 375 million years
The impact crater, 52 km in diameter, caused by asteroids crashing into Earth became a favorable habitat for ancient microorganisms.
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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…
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150km asteroid hit Earth, a series of new creatures were born
A multinational team has found evidence of an ice age of life caused by a giant asteroid 466 million years ago.
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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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Shock with the number of meteors that could hit Earth in the next 100 years
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently assessed the number of meteorites that are likely to hit Earth in the next 100 years.
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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.
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Discover more fresh sea water in the seabed in Norway
This underground water area is meteorite water, which is derived from rain and snow.