The Asteroid Blast That Shook the World Is Still Making an Impact
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The Chelyabinsk asteroid slammed into Earth’s atmosphere 10 years ago, the largest impact in over a century
The Chelyabinsk asteroid slammed into Earth’s atmosphere 10 years ago, the largest impact in over a century
Jelle Assink, Senior Geophysicist at KNMI, takes us through the details of the various kinds of waves produced by the Hunga…
First of all, let me reassure you that this post has nothing at all to do with Donald Trump. The billionaire in question is not…
On Feb. 6, at about 14:00 UTC, a tiny chunk of interplanetary material plunged into Earth’s atmosphere and burned up—likely…
In the “don’t panic” category, the small(ish) asteroid 2013 TX68 will definitely miss the Earth when it swings by our fair…
La Terre reçoit des tonnes de matériel de l’espace à chaque jour, mais les objets assez gros pour provoquer des explosions…
That an asteroid apocalypse could wreck the Earth certainly seems plausible, if inevitable. That it will happen, say, next…
This 3D simulation of the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion by Mark Boslough was rendered by Brad Carvey using Sandia National Lab's…
The meteorite is providing invaluable information to help protect against larger rocks that might pose a serious threat to…
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We’re still trying to learn how frequently asteroid events like the spectacular fireball over Chelyabinsk occur. The…
As you know I’m always up for a thread of doom, so when I heard talk of asteroid strikes happening more frequently than…
Ya puedes oír el audio de mi sección Eureka, en La Rosa de los Vientos, de Onda Cero, siguiendo este enlace. Como siempre una…
Ya puedes oír el audio de mi sección Eureka, en La Rosa de los Vientos, de Onda Cero, siguiendo este enlace. Como siempre una…
An object that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013 initially measured 20-m across and was about 4,452 million…
What a great photo (see video). Also looks a bit like observers near a black hole!NYTimes: When an asteroid exploded over the…
”Superboliden” den 15 februari lyste som bäst 30 gånger starkare än solen. Foto: © Evgeny AndreevTre stora forskarlag…
At its most intense, meteor fireball glowed 30 times brighter than the sun causing skin and retinal burns, say…
At its most intense, meteor fireball glowed 30 times brighter than the sun causing skin and retinal burns, say…
Articles in recent issues of Science and Nature add a new wrinkle for me in the matter of near-Earth objects (NEOs). The…
Simulación 3D del impacto del meteoro. El 15 de febrero de 2013, un meteoro de tamaño medio impactó en la atmósfera terrestre…
Simulación 3D del impacto del meteoro. El 15 de febrero de 2013, un meteoro de tamaño medio impactó en la atmósfera terrestre…
Croudsourced data from dash-cams, videos and photos reveal the secrets of the Chelyabinsk asteroid. Credit…
The trail of a meteor that caused some harm but mostly helped humanity understand meteorite strikes on Earth. alexeya The…
On Feb. 15, 2013, a small asteroid collided with Earth. It came in over Russia at a low angle, slamming into our atmosphere…
What’s great about astronomy is it doesn’t just answer some of the biggest questions (How old is the universe? Can life exist…
What’s great about astronomy is it doesn’t just answer some of the biggest questions (How old is the universe? Can life exist…
What’s great about astronomy is it doesn’t just answer some of the biggest questions (How old is the universe? Can life exist…
Researchers chart the biggest airburst over our planet in more than a century