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What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some ...
That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all
With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That ...
NASA’s New Asteroid Data Changes Everything – And the Moon Might Pay the Price
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.
Saturday Citations: Rising probability of an asteroid strike; rainforest resilience; animal consciousness
University of Ferrerra researchers reported on the evolution of European skin, eye and hair pigmentation over the last 45,000 ...
A desperate, futile dash under a flaming sky: Min-by-min breakdown of what would happen if looming asteroid hit London
IT starts with a glimmer in the sky – just a pinprick of light, barely distinguishable from the stars. But this is no distant ...
Likelihood of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Colliding with Earth Keeps Changing — But It Remains Big Enough to Destroy a City
The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth keeps shifting, according to scientists. The object — which is large enough to destroy an entire city — has a 0.28% chance of colliding with ...
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Chance of Asteroid Strike in 2032 Drops Sharply After Record-Setting Rise. Here’s Why It Keeps Changing
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
Asteroid deflection strategies: Researchers unveil new scenarios
How prepared are we to deflect an asteroid heading towards Earth? This question is answered by two studies just published in ...