Could the Next Mass Extinction Be Close?

Could the Next Mass Extinction Be Close?

Would cosmic radiation cause mass extinction in the near future?

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 17th, 2007
Could This Comet Hit Earth in the Next Millennium?

Could This Comet Hit Earth in the Next Millennium?

Comet Swift-Tuttle and its shifting trajectory

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 16th, 2007
Meteorite Debris Found by Accident in What Was Once a Giant Crater

Meteorite Debris Found by Accident in What Was Once a Giant Crater

The impact occurred 1.85 billion years ago

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 10th, 2007
Top 10 Countries Most at Risk of Asteroid Impact

Top 10 Countries Most at Risk of Asteroid Impact

The Tunguska asteroid was 50 meters in diameter, imagine what a 1-kilometer wide one could do

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • July 5th, 2007
Astronomers Solve the Mystery of Giant Space Sponge Orbiting Saturn

Astronomers Solve the Mystery of Giant Space Sponge Orbiting Saturn

Hyperion, one of the strangest moons in our solar system

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 28th, 2007
The Moon Didn't Form the Way We Think!

The Moon Didn't Form the Way We Think!

New theory challenges old beliefs

How Powerful Is a Boxing Champion's Fist? It's Like Being Hit By a Horse at Full Speed

How Powerful Is a Boxing Champion's Fist? It's Like Being Hit By a Horse at Full Speed

Engineers prove it's really a mighty blow

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 7th, 2007
Meteorite Struck the International Space Station!

Meteorite Struck the International Space Station!

The astronauts are not in danger

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • June 6th, 2007
Newly Discovered Blue Landslides on Mars

Newly Discovered Blue Landslides on Mars

Old and new together on the wall of a Martian crater

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • May 22nd, 2007
NASA Can Only Anticipate 5% of Potential Asteroid Impacts on Earth

NASA Can Only Anticipate 5% of Potential Asteroid Impacts on Earth

The analysis methods are deeply flawed

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • May 21st, 2007
Ancient Comet Exploded Over Earth, Nearly Wiped Out Life In Northern Hemisphere

Ancient Comet Exploded Over Earth, Nearly Wiped Out Life In Northern Hemisphere

Human and animal populations were almost wiped out

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • April 2nd, 2007
Huge Asteroid Missed Earth, Another One in 2029 May Not !

Huge Asteroid Missed Earth, Another One in 2029 May Not !

More than 1 mile (2 km) wide

  • Space
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • March 16th, 2007
Mars' Two Faces, Made by a Huge Impact

Mars' Two Faces, Made by a Huge Impact

The planet's southern and northern hemispheres, very different

 
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