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Armageddon! Don’t think an asteroid will crash against Earth? Check shocking answer

21Apr

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Armageddon! Don’t think an asteroid will crash against Earth? Check shocking answer

[ad_1] Armageddon may not be that far off in the future, if we figure from what has happened in the past! It is quite rare when a space object strikes Earth's surface. However, it may not be that rare, as believed earlier. According to a new study, the chances of a destructive asteroid colliding with the Earth are many times higher than expected earlier.Informing about the same, a report by Weather.com stated. "The findings came to light when James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, presented his work last week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Garvin and his colleagues used high-resolution satellite imagery to identify large rings around three impact craters and one probable impact crater that are 1 million years old or younger." Garvin believed...

BIZARRE! Diamond-laden town built inside an asteroid CRASH site in this country

13Apr

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BIZARRE! Diamond-laden town built inside an asteroid CRASH site in this country

[ad_1] The Earth is filled with bewildering places and structures and in most cases they are either built naturally by forces within the Earth or by humans. However, there is one place on Earth that ranks among the most unique places on the planet, yet the credit does not go either to humans or the planet itself. Nordlingen is a small town in Bavaria, Germany which may not appear out-of-the-ordinary, but it is much frequented by NASA and ESA astronomers. Why? It's because the entire town is built on an asteroid crash site. Yes, as an asteroid strike actually happened there! But that's not all. Surprisingly, the stones used to construct most of the structures in the town are filled with diamonds, thanks to the asteroid.It turns out that 15 million years ago, a massive one-kilometer-wide ...

Asteroid impact – What if a planet-killing space rock did crash on Earth?

21Mar

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Asteroid impact – What if a planet-killing space rock did crash on Earth?

[ad_1] Whenever asteroids have hit Earth, they have impacted lives, and by doing so, these space rocks have time and again changed the course of history. Although asteroids make close approaches to Earth nearly every day, none of them are big enough to potentially threaten life on Earth. But what if an asteroid, which is capable of ending life, actually hits Earth?Apocalyptic movies like Armageddon or Deep Impact have explored the possibility of a total annihilation of life on Earth. These “What Ifs” of world destruction have always captured the minds of sci-fi geeks. But a real-life impact, such as the one which marked the extinction of dinosaurs, would be much different from the one seen in films. What would happen after the asteroid impact?As soon as the asteroid would hit, dust and...

This asteroid actually crashed against Earth and changed space science forever

17Feb

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This asteroid actually crashed against Earth and changed space science forever

[ad_1] Asteroids often make close approaches to Earth, and they mostly do so without causing any harm. However, there is no guarantee that an asteroid will not hit Earth in the future. If history has taught us anything, nothing in life is certain. That turned out to be true, especially for people of Russia as an asteroid strike on Earth was reported in the city of Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013. It recorded a 59-foot asteroid exploding over the city which left nearly 8000 buildings damaged and over 1000 people injured.However, this wasn't the only asteroid strike in history, which had a devastating effect on Earth. Another asteroid event in recent recorded history happened in 1908, when a 196 feet wide asteroid exploded near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Eastern Siberia, Russia....

1-mtr Asteroid just COLLIDED with Earth today over the English Channel! Triumph for ESA

13Feb

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1-mtr Asteroid just COLLIDED with Earth today over the English Channel! Triumph for ESA

[ad_1] The early hours of February 13th saw a cosmic visitor hit Earth! Yes, you read that right! It was a small 1-meter-to-2-meter wide asteroid. The asteroid known as Asteroid 2023 CX1 hit Earth's atmosphere and exploded in a blazing flash that made it appear brighter than the Moon. The event occurred in the English Channel. ESA reported this asteroid just before it entered Earth's atmosphere over northern France early this morning. "Only the 7th time an asteroid impact has been predicted - but a sign of the rapid advances in global detection capabilities!" ESA tweeted triumphantly. Asteroid 2023 CX1 was travelling at a mind-boggling speed of 18 kilometers per second. Surprisingly, Asteroid 2023 CX1 was discovered on February 12, 2023. This near-Earth object belongs to the Aten gr...

Shocking! This asteroid CRASHED into Earth, says NASA; Check asteroid impact site

25Nov

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Shocking! This asteroid CRASHED into Earth, says NASA; Check asteroid impact site

[ad_1] NASA has revealed that an asteroid crashed into the Earth on Saturday, November 19. Here's where this asteroid hit Earth. In the midst of all the terrifyingly close asteroid flybys, NASA has now revealed that an asteroid actually crashed into the Earth just days ago! NASA keeps a watch on these asteroids by studying data collected by various space and ground-based telescopes and observatories such as the Pan-STARRS, the Catalina Sky Survey and the NEOWISE telescope. However, this asteroid was seemingly missed by all of them and was discovered just hours before impact!NASA has revealed that the asteroid lit up the sky as it flew over Southern Ontario, Canada on Saturday, November 19. What's shocking is that this 3-foot asteroid was detected just 3.5 hours before impact! However,...

One month after the NASA asteroid collision success, what have scientists learned?

27Oct

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One month after the NASA asteroid collision success, what have scientists learned?

[ad_1] It has been one month since the historic NASA DART asteroid crash. What new secrets have the scientists revealed in this time? Check details. On September 26, NASA made history! For the first time ever, humans were able to shake and actually move a celestial body. The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission sent a spacecraft to an asteroid called Dimorphos and struck it headfirst. The mission was conducted to find a reliable way to defend the Earth from any incoming asteroids. But a secondary objective was also to take a close look at the smallest asteroid any spacecraft has visited. So, what have the scientists found out after churning out the data for a month? Read on to find out.Carolyn Ernst, a planetary scientist responsible for DART's sole instrument told Spa...

After asteroid, NASA looks to crash a car like craft on Mars! Here is exciting reason why

24Oct

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After asteroid, NASA looks to crash a car like craft on Mars! Here is exciting reason why

[ad_1] After crashing a spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos, NASA wants to do the same on Mars. Know reason behind this exciting experiment. It's not like NASA has never touched down on the surface of the red planet before. NASA has successfully landed on Mars nine times so far. From cutting-edge parachutes, and massive airbags, to jetpacks, all of these have been deployed as safe carriers of spacecraft that have landed on the surface of Mars. But now, the space agency is testing out an entirely new way to land on Mars, which is to crash! In fact, NASA has just crashed a spacecraft on Asteroid Dimorphos through its successful DART mission, although the intent was to deflect the space rock even as the spacecraft itself was destroyed..On Mars, NASA has a different plan, which is ensure t...

32 minutes that matter! Asteroid’s path altered by NASA

12Oct

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32 minutes that matter! Asteroid’s path altered by NASA

[ad_1] The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path. The spacecraft NASA deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit, marking the first time humanity has altered the motion of a celestial body, the U.S. space agency announced on Tuesday. The $330 million proof-of-concept mission, which was seven years in development, also represented the world's first test of a planetary defense system designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Findings of telescope observations unveiled at a NASA news briefing in Washington confirmed the suicide test flight of the DART spacecraft on Sept. 26 achieved its prim...

Spectacular! James Webb Telescope, Hubble Telescope capture NASA craft’s asteroid strike

29Sep

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Spectacular! James Webb Telescope, Hubble Telescope capture NASA craft’s asteroid strike

[ad_1] World's two most powerful telescopes, James Webb Telescope and Hubble Telescope, captured Nasa spacecraft's asteroid impact. NASA's DART mission success looks to have got everyone on the internet excited. And it should! As one NASA official siad, it has given relief to earthlings from the threat of potentially dangerous asteroids. While the US space agency has already shared the scenes of the historic moment, the world's most powerful telescopes, James Webb Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have also captured the moment and revealed the first images of the Dart Mission Asteroid strike on Thursday. This is not only a special moment for NASA as it has created history of crashing a craft into an asteroid, but also this...