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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…
Jenny McGrath
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One of India's ancient geological features might have helped kill off the dinosaurs millions of years ago!
The Deccan Traps are a series of lava flows that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, span…
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2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.
On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…
Ellyn Lapointe
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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Icy pebbles may be carrying water to developing planets across the cosmos!
Scientists, exploring the origins of water on Earth and other exoplanets, may have uncovered a prom…
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Scientists claim they've found a perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil killed when the mass extinction asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago
Dinosaur fossils found at Tanis in North Dakota are believed to date back to the mass extinction ev…
Marianne Guenot,Alia Shoaib
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Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth
It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…
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A second space rock hit Earth after the one that doomed the dinosaurs - a nail in the coffin of the mass extinction
After a space rock struck Earth 66 million years ago - killing the dinosaurs - another asteroid hit…
Aylin Woodward
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The dinosaurs may have already been going extinct before the cataclysmic space rock hit Earth, new findings suggest
Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already de…
Aylin Woodward
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The space rock that doomed the dinosaurs was shrapnel from a comet that flew too close to the sun, a Harvard study suggests
The origin of the space rock that killed the dinosaurs has been a mystery. A new study suggests it …
Aylin Woodward
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A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth
Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…
Marianne Guenot
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Why did some birds survive when dinosaurs went extinct? Molting feathers could hold a clue
Feathers preserved in amber could suggest some ancient birds molted differently than modern birds, …
Jenny McGrath
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Paleontologists explain the most glaring errors in Adam Driver's new dinosaur film '65'
Adam Driver's new film "65" gets everything wrong from the title to the dinosaurs. Paleontologists …
Erin Heger
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck at a perfect angle to inflict maximum planetwide damage, a study found
The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree an…
Aylin Woodward
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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids
Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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For an asteroid to wipe out humans, it has to be bigger than the one that killed the dinosaurs
"But it does have the potential to be the most devastating natural disaster known to man," exp…
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It might not be 'dinosaur destroying' but it's only a matter of time before an asteroid hits Earth
But, considering their frequency, scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before one o…
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A new species of armless dinosaur discovered in Argentina belongs to a family of fearsome predators
Abelisaurid dinosaurs didn't need arms to become some of the fiercest hunters of the late Cretaceou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
Asteroids orbiting between Earth and the sun are especially hard to find, but NASA can't deflect ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is sending a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid — here’s why
DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, and the spacecraft will launch aboard SpaceX's…