meteors
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Maybe The Sun Could Vaporize Asteroids To Avoid This Whole Collision Issue
Two large flying space rocks have hit or almost hit Earth lately. I think everyone agrees that this needs to not be happening. So two California researchers are developing a plan for destroying asteroids in space. Get after it.
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How Common Are Meteor Strikes?
A meteorite has fallen to Earth in Russia overnight — and the fallout, including 500 causalities, is pretty bad. But you might not realise that giant space rocks crash into Earth all the time.
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Treasure Hunters Flock To California For Pieces Of Six-Billion-Year-Old Meteor
A stay-at-home mum was out walking her dog recently when she stumbled upon a weird, 17-gram rock. It turned out to be 4-6 billion years old. And from space. And it’s worth $US20,000. Is El Dorado County due for another gold rush?
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What Just Streaked Across The Sky In The Southwest US?
Reports are flooding into Twitter about a large meteor spotted in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. No videos or pictures yet, but speculation is running rampant about what exactly fell from the sky.