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'City killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with 'bullet-like' meteors if it hits the moon in 2032
There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...
These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...
Rocks in Canada's Quebec province found to be the oldest on Earth
Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...
Webb Telescope Finds Its First Planet, Boosting Search For Earth 2.0
For the first time since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new exoplanet, TWA ...
The blood-curdling Permian monsters that ruled the Earth before dinosaurs
Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...
Google rolls out Street View time travel to celebrate 20 years of Google Earth
For the service's 20th anniversary, Google was inspired by a social media trend from last year in which people shared ...
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Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought
Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will ...
China Is Tracking Down Its Rare-Earth Experts—and Taking Away Passports
Beijing has told rare-earth companies to hand over lists of employees with technical expertise, aiming to ensure they don’t ...
The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth
Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...
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How symbiosis made Earth what it is – and why it’s key to our future
Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...