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Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet that is showered with so much radiation, its atmosphere eroded away long ago ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
That’s not even close to the size of the ... forests across 830 square miles (2,150 square kilometers). And in 2013, a 20-meter-wide (66-foot-wide) asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere ...
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Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ... flattening 80 million trees across 770 square miles.
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The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse
Damage stretched for 500 square kilometers ... of Chaos — that is supposed whiz past earth in 2029. There is another asteroid which is half the size of Mount Everest and is expected to pass ...
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What Happens If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strikes Earth — And Why We Can’t ‘Nuke’ It
“An object about 100 meters in diameter entered the Earth's atmosphere and exploded as an airburst, destroying 2,000 square kilometers ... but as a rule of thumb, the size of a crater is about ...
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‘A Maze the Size of Earth’: New AI Tackles Math Problems That Take Millions of Steps
“It’s like trying to find your way through a maze the size of Earth. These are very long paths that you have to test out, and there’s only one path that works.” To that end, the new Caltec ...
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Continent-size blobs in Earth's mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal
Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...
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NASA reveals asteroid the size of a car heading towards Earth today
JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) added that "2025 DQ" could measure up to six metres in diameter. Another asteroid named "2012 DZ", with an estimated size of up to 36 metres ...
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Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
Have asteroids this size actually crashed into Earth? We are aware of a recent example in history where this has happened. It was 1908 in Siberia. There was an event where 2,000 square kilometers ...
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Archaeologists used Google Earth to help find 3,000 square miles of prehistoric settlements from a new-found civilization in Central Europe
Archeologists have discovered evidence of a previously unknown prehistoric civilization spanning 3,000 square miles across Central Europe. And Google Earth helped ... layout and size of the ...
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Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Could Strike Earth in 2032 – Is NASA Running Out of Time?
A Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid, 2024 YR4, is hurtling towards Earth, potentially impacting ... First detected late last year, NASA estimates its size to be between 130 and 300 feet (40 to ...