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New study suggests Earth has several hidden moons from collision billions of years ago
collided with Earth about 4.5 billions years ago. This is how old Earth was 100 million years ago, a time when the planet was filled with dense jungles and deserts populated by Cretaceous dinosaurs.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
These residual brine deposits have been compared to the salt crusts found in lakebeds on Earth. The difference is that ...
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Earth’s first waterfowl may have lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago
A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.
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Initiative calls for global collaboration to reconstruct climate of past 100 million years
internationally coordinated work must begin now to calibrate the climate records of the past 100 million years so precisely that the Earth's climate history can reliably help shape a safe future ...
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
The asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of ... largely focusing on the effects of injecting 100 million to 400 million tons into Earth’s atmosphere.