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Aug 27, 2022 · Scientists estimate that fewer than 10,000 meteorites collide into Earth's land or water, which is a drop in the bucket compared with the moon, which doesn't have an atmosphere and gets hit by...
Apr 19, 2017 · Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history. From the mysterious Tunguska event to the fossilised Morokweng space rock, when whopper meteorites come along they make a big...
Feb 16, 2023 · When the object struck Earth (making it a meteorite), it became just the seventh falling space rock calculated in advance to hit our planet — and the third such object found in the past 12...
Sep 14, 2022 · The meteorite hit with a force 150 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Shock waves propagated through the ground and air alike, destroying everything for miles.
Jan 31, 2024 · Meteorite hunters have successfully recovered fragments of an asteroid that impacted Earth over Berlin, Germany, on Sunday (Jan. 21) — and the space rocks could be very rare indeed. The...
Nov 17, 2022 · Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth. Samples of the Winchcombe meteorite quickly revealed its origins trace back beyond Mars to the asteroid belt, shedding light on the birth...
Aug 11, 2021 · Though the risk remains low, NASA scientists have found that the asteroid Bennu, shown here, has a higher chance of hitting Earth in the next 300 years than thought.
