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Will an asteroid STRIKE Earth? Indian scientist reveals shocking truth

17Jan

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Will an asteroid STRIKE Earth? Indian scientist reveals shocking truth

[ad_1] Asteroids pose a clear and present danger to Earth. There have been many asteroid strikes and space agencies are finding new space rocks all the time. So, will an asteroid strike Earth? Did you know that space debris as small as grains of sand or pebbles in their thousands hit the Earth's atmosphere every day? The atmosphere works as a shield, burning up these space rocks. But this is not the case every time. Sometimes, there are meteors in our night sky which burn up high in the atmosphere, but other times huge asteroids actually manage to strike the Earth. One such catastrophic incident happened around 66 million years ago, which is said to have killed off the entire species of dinosaurs. It is known as the Chicxulub event. The asteroid was 15-km wide and it hit the area know...

Dinosaurs were in the prime when the asteroid struck, study reveals

2Jan

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Dinosaurs were in the prime when the asteroid struck, study reveals

[ad_1] A new study has shed light into the living conditions of dinosaurs during the time they went extinct. Here's how they fared. Dinosaurs dominated the Earth millions of years ago during the Mesozoic Era. This included three consecutive geological periods - Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods, during which different species of these creatures inhabited the Earth. But how did these predatory creatures go extinct? Well, Paleontologists believe their extinction process started when an asteroid struck the Earth nearly 65 million years ago. Now, a new study has revealed that dinosaurs were in their prime when the fateful asteroid struck, sending them into extinction.The study revealed that dinosaurs were in the prime of their lives during the late Cretaceous period when the aste...

Shocking! Forget dinosaur-killer asteroid, the biggest asteroid to hit Earth was 2x BIGGER

9Oct

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Shocking! Forget dinosaur-killer asteroid, the biggest asteroid to hit Earth was 2x BIGGER

[ad_1] The largest asteroid to hit Earth put the Dinosaur killing asteroid in shade. We are familiar with the theory that a massive 10-15 kilometeres wide asteroid ended the era of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago. The impact of the asteroid created the Chicxulub crater, which is buried under Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, which measures around 112 miles (180 km) in diameter. But do you know which is the biggest asteroid to hit Earth. It is called the Vredefort asteroid and it slammed into the planet around 2 billion years ago. Now, a new study has revealed that the asteroid is even more massive than scientists previously thought.According to the study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, the size of the Vredefort asteroid has been measured at somewhere between 12.4 and...

THESE asteroids are LETHAL, biggest is a whopping 939 km! Do they threaten Earth?

1Oct

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THESE asteroids are LETHAL, biggest is a whopping 939 km! Do they threaten Earth?

[ad_1] Do you know which is the largest asteroid found so far? Have a look at these asteroids that do pose a threat to Earth. NASA's observatory JPL keeps all of us informed about the potentially hazardous asteroids that are flying by close to Earth as well as their threat potential. The constant watch being kept on these monstrous space rocks is because there have been many asteroids that have crashed on Earth in the past. You must have heard about the infamous Chicxulub crater which was formed over 66 million years ago when a giant 10km wide asteroid in diameter struck the Earth and ended the era of dinosaurs. But you will be shocked to know that it wasn't the largest asteroid that scientists have found so far. There are so...

Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once! Study reveals horrific truth

29Sep

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Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once! Study reveals horrific truth

[ad_1] A new study has found shocking evidence about the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs from Earth. It also suggests that the in future, Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once. On Tuesday, September 27, NASA reached a historic milestone when it struck an asteroid with a spacecraft with an expectation to change its trajectory. Part of its planetary defense system, this can be a very important tool for us in case an asteroid heads towards the Earth and scientists need to deflect it using a spacecraft. However, a new study has revealed shocking information that the Earth is more likely to get struck with multiple asteroids at once instead of just a single asteroid. If the claims are true, then the planetary defense sy...

Gigantic asteroid strike on Earth killed dinosaurs 66 mn years ago – Or did it really?

16Sep

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Gigantic asteroid strike on Earth killed dinosaurs 66 mn years ago – Or did it really?

[ad_1] A recent study has cast doubt upon the popular theory that an asteroid strike killed off dinosaurs. All the technology deployed in tracking and finding out details about asteroid strikes and impact on planets, especially Earth, are wrong? The most popular scientific theory says that 66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into the Earth and caused the extinction of all dinosaurs. Top technological gadgets have been deployed to sift through the evidence to come to that conclusion. But is it really how things happened? A new study, shockingly, disagrees. According to it, asteroids had nothing to do with the demise of the dinosaur population. And contrary to popular belief, it was volcanic eruptions which contributed to...