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This 69-Million-Year-Old Duck-like Skull Reveals How Modern Birds Survived the Dinosaurs
In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...
Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes into Earth in 2182
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
66 million years ago, Antarctica was lush, temperate, and home to the oldest modern bird and T-Rex
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.
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 ...
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Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...