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2 huge asteroid strikes 36 million years ago didn’t change Earth’s climate over the long haul, study finds
Two enormous asteroids that struck Earth about 36 million years ago did not cause any long-lasting shifts to our planet’s…
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Massive asteroid impacts did not change Earth’s climate in the long term
Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the…
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Space
NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans
Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets like 67P as potential sources…
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Goodnight moon! Astronomers snap photo of Earth’s departing mini-moon
A temporary mini-moon snared by Earth’s gravity for nearly two months before departing back into the solar system can be…
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Space
China’s Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth’s atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)
China has deorbited a cargo spacecraft that earlier this year delivered supplies to the country’s space station. That freighter, called…
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Earth’s mini-moon has finally departed. Will it ever return as a ‘second moon?’
For the last few months Earth has had a “second moon,” albeit a much more diminutive one than our main…
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NASA satellites reveal Earth’s continents are getting drier
The amount of freshwater found on our planet has dropped significantly in the last decade, NASA satellites have found. An…
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Earth’s ‘second moon’ is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
Earth’s “second moon” won’t be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28),…
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Space
How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.…
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Space
Powerful New US-Indian Satellite Will Track Earth’s Changing Surface
Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to…
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