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Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching the Earth Today
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Perseid meteor shower is underway. Here's when they'll peak in August
The Earth is currently edging into three active meteor debris fields: the Southern Delta Aquariids, the Alpha Capricornids and the Perseids.
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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.
Noted Earth and space scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa named director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she’s been serving as director of the School of Earth and ...
A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M.
A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling ...
Cantonment man finds rare meteorite after fireball
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...
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Huge Martian chunk sells for $4.3 million - plus fees
A meteorite known as NWA 16788 was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023. The composition of the meteorite is Martian ...