The Moon’s dark spots were caused by a huge asteroid impact billions of years ago — on the other side
The shock and heat pushed certain minerals all the way through the Moon.
Tag: asteroid impact
Playing Asteroids is No Game: Humanity’s Future Could Depend on Diverting Asteroid Impacts
It isn't hyperbole to say, the survival of our species may depend on a sucessful method of preventing an asteroid ...
Fossil Friday: paleontological trove shows how mammals took over from the dinosaurs
Mammals quickly grew in size after the dinosaur linage collapsed, an exciting new study shows.
The giant asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs made the rock beneath behave like a liquid
For a moment, the ground beneath parts of Mexico behaved like a fluid.
The Permian extinction – caused by “lemon juice” acidic rain ?
The Permian extinction was the biggest extinction ever, killing 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrates Possible ...
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been a set of binary asteroids
The (still debated) asteroid that slammed into the Earth 65 million years ago and played a crucial role in wiping ...
Doomsday part 6: asteroid strike
You've seen it on the news, so you know it's true. Your 8 o'clock special news report showcases in a ...
Forget about nukes, dangerous asteroids could be deflected with paintball pellets
Artist impression of the Apophis asteroid. No, this isn't one of those misleading headlines. A MIT graduate student has recently ...
How to deflect an asteroid with today’s technology
An asteroid threat to Earth seems like something we are going to have to face, sooner or later - and ...