Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertilizer bomb' for life on Earth
The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...
Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth's oceans
A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...
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Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertilizer bomb' for life on Earth, study suggests
The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...
Microbial life may exist in Martian frozen water pools, study finds
A new study found there is potential for photosynthesis on Mars, where snow and ice shields ultraviolet radiation at mid-latitudes.
A Fascinating Theory About a Ring of Asteroids Around Earth Has Some Wild Implications for Evolution
L ike many of us, Earth bears old pockmarks. Our planet’s crust has a band of ancient craters that formed around 465 million ...
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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular - perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper isn't just a spacecraft — it's a work of art
It's attached to a spacecraft called the Europa Clipper, NASA's solar-winged, silvery probe built to study the intricacies of ...
Solar power from space? Actually, it might happen in a couple of years.
The concept of harvesting solar power continuously from large satellites in space—where there are no nights, no clouds, and ...
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James Webb telescope discovers 'inside out galaxy' near the dawn of time
Modeling predicts that galaxies in the early universe should have formed inside-out. Now, a new observation from the James ...