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How Big Does an Asteroid Need to Be to End Humanity?
From city-destroyers to planet-sterilizers, scientists are tracking the asteroids that could one day threaten all life on Earth and developing the technology to prevent them from doing so.
Bridgmanite Is Earth’s Most Common Mineral. Why Can’t I Find It?
Bridgmanite is the most common mineral on Earth, making up 38% of the planet’s volume. It exists in…
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn
Artist’s impression. Oliver Hull Andrew Tomkins, Monash University The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous…
Meteorite strike in South Africa: scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from
Roger Lawrence Gibson, University of the Witwatersrand and Deon van Niekerk, Rhodes University On a Sunday morning in…
Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?
Austin Human/Unsplash Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting…
New Study Provides Clues to the Source of Earth’s Water—And It’s Not Melted Meteorites
A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that unmelted, or chondritic, meteorites were the primary source…
We May Have to Look to Meteorites to Find the Origins of Earth’s Volatiles
Researchers at Imperial College London studied meteorites to determine the origin of Earth’s volatile chemicals. They discovered that…
New Study Reveals More Details About King Tut’s “Cosmic” Dagger
The storied pharaoh of ancient Egypt Tutankhamun, commonly referred to as “King Tut,” was famous for owning a…
Some of Earth’s Water May Have Come From the Sun, Scientists Find
Evoking images of the Sun shouldn’t normally make you think of water. After all, it’s a giant hot…