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Space
Earth Is Getting a Tiny New Mini-Moon. It Won’t Be the First (or the Last)
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEarth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s …
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Science Unmasked
Tracking Down the Asteroid That Sealed the Fate of the Dinosaurs
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesGeoscientists from the University of Cologne have led an international study to determine the origin of the asteroid …
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Space
NASA Smacked a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid — and Learned Details About Its 12-Million-Year History
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNASA’s DART mission — Double Asteroid Redirection Test — was humanity’s first real-world planetary defense mission. In September …
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Environment
Is There Really A 1 in 6 Chance of Human Extinction This Century?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction. …
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Space
7 Years, Billions of Kilometers, a Handful of Dust: NASA Just Brought Back the Largest-Ever Asteroid Sample
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAfter a journey of billions of kilometers, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has culminated in a small black capsule blazing …
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Archaeology
Impact That Killed the Dinosaurs Triggered ‘Mega-Earthquake’ That Lasted Weeks to Months
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSixty-six million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests …
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Environment
Asteroid That Formed Vredefort Crater Bigger Than Previously Believed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAbout two billion years ago, an impactor hurtled toward Earth, crashing into the planet in an area near …