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Asteroid 2024 YR4 might smash into the moon
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
A Rare Rock from Another Planet Is Up for Auction — and It’s Expected to Sell for This Many Millions
A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...
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Asteroid Ryugu’s Latest Mineral Is As Weird As Finding “A Tropical Seed In The Arctic”
S cientists had high hopes for the sample of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe. The actual findings ...
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Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
The research in North Carolina documents downstream remnants of the 35-million-year-old tsunami that followed the ...
A Fiery Mineral Found in an Icy Asteroid Baffles Scientists
A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...
World’s biggest Mars rock could sell for $4 million
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...
Pieces of asteroid may have landed in Highlands, say experts
Experts believe pieces of a small asteroid that lit up the night sky over parts of the UK on Thursday have landed in the west ...