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 doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet.
When a gargantuan space rock, estimated to be the size of four Mount Everests, crashed into Earth more than 3 billion years ...
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How old is planet Earth?How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon.
Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.
A recent SpaceX Starlink launch featured an extra video treat: a view of the Internet satellites being revealed for future ...
The entire world’s population of Przewalski’s horses once dwindled to a mere dozen. So how did a pair named Fiona and Shrek ...
These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they ...
We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the ...
To serve its growing group of Antarctic travelers, Silversea Cruises is building a 150-room luxury hotel in Puerto Williams, ...
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Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on EarthThe oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spends a week drinking an 80 per cent alcohol ...
Helen Reef, a 40-square-mile atoll at the southern edge of Palau, is one of Earth's most remote and biologically diverse ...
With the help of advanced imaging cameras and software, astronomers are finally able to track even smaller incoming impactors ...
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