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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It measures nearly 15 inches by 11 inches by 6 inches.
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Strikes From Two Eocene Asteroids May Not Have Changed Earth’s Climate Long TermLearn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.
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"Something Unknown Is At Work Here": Unexpected Results From NASA Mission To Deflect AsteroidNASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the ...
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When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
INVENTOR EYE on MSN2d
A Collision Like No Other: The Devastating Impact of the Asteroid That Hit South AfricaAround 2 billion years ago, an asteroid the size of Mount Everest, or possibly even larger, struck Earth with catastrophic ...
The Body Optimist on MSN4d
An asteroid could hit the Moon (and offer a rare phenomenon)Soon, an exceptional astronomical event could occur before our eyes: a large asteroid, nicknamed "City Killer," threatens to ...
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