Tag: asteroids
NASA’s probe will drop samples collected from the asteroid’s surface to Earth – watch the live broadcast
The sample weighing a few hundred grams in the capsule is to be parachuted into the Utah desert in the United States. The Osiris-Rex probe of the US space administration…
There would have been not one but two asteroids that would have killed the dinosaurs!
Almost 40 years ago, Walter Alvarez, then young geologist fresh out of the University of Berkeley, started a revolution in the sciences of Earth discovering that a strange stratum dark…
The water of the oceans would come from asteroids according to a new study
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The 42 largest asteroids in the Main Belt scanned by the VLT The VLT’s Sphere instrument has observed the largest Main Belt asteroids…
Two asteroids may have killed the dinosaurs
Almost 40 years ago, Walter Alvarez, then young geologist fresh out of the University of Berkeley, started a revolution in the sciences of Earth discovering that a strange stratum dark…
The water of the oceans would come from asteroids according to the samples of Ryugu
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The 42 largest asteroids in the Main Belt scanned by the VLT The VLT’s Sphere instrument has observed the largest Main Belt asteroids…
Giant asteroids at the origin of continents?
The question of the formation of the first continents is still and always strongly debated. In question, the difficulty of finding elements dating back more than 4 billion years. However,…
Giant asteroids could be the origin of continents
The question of the formation of the first continents is still and always strongly debated. In question, the difficulty of finding elements dating back more than 4 billion years. A…
Two skyscraper-sized asteroids! They will pass near the Earth
Earth is extremely vulnerable to asteroid dangers. Objects orbiting closer than 7 million miles from Earth are considered dangerous. NASA, on the other hand, is working on a planned collision…
How many asteroids are threatening Earth?
While the planets of our System revolve around the Sun in a well-oiled merry-go-round, certain asteroids play the spoilsports. Crossing Earth’s orbit, they pose a potential threat to us. But…
Asteroids threaten the Earth: special live tonight!
The most dangerous events are not necessarily the riskiest. The probability of an asteroid falling large enough to cause planetary-scale consequences is very low, but not zero. This is why…