asteroid collision

Asteroids vary in the composition of their core materials. Some asteroids are made up of clay and silicate, while others are made up of silicate materials and nickel-iron, according to NASA. These space rocks can provide valuable resources such as water, metals, and other minerals. Scientists also study asteroids to learn more about the early solar system and the conditions that existed when the planets were forming.NASA has recently issued an alert against an asteroid that is set to make a close approach to Earth as…

Asteroids can provide valuable resources such as water, metals, and other minerals to humanity in the future. Scientists also study asteroids to learn more about the early solar system and the conditions that existed when the planets were forming. Asteroids vary in the composition of their core materials. Some asteroids are made up of clay and silicate, while others are made up of silicate materials and nickel-iron, according to NASA.Asteroids often make close flybys to Earth, generally missing the planet by a safe…

Beware! As many as 5 asteroids are all set to make a very close encounter with Earth in the next 2 days. Here's what NASA has revealed about these frightful asteroids. NASA says almost 100 tons of dust-sized particles land on Earth on a daily basis. A vehicle-sized asteroid hits Earth's atmosphere, creates a giant fireball and burns up before reaching the surface once a year. Every 2000 years, an asteroid the size of a football field hits Earth and causes significant damage to the area. But what about world-ending…

Seven years ago, a big chunk from a massive 6.4-kilometers wide asteroid broke apart and smashed into the Earth. The piece of asteroid has now offered a glimpse into the origin of life. Just a few days ago, the Earth witnessed the Geminids meteor shower where the Earth annually passes by the debris left behind by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon. But what we look at as bright, glowing lights across the sky are actually small space rocks or meteors that could just as easily get pulled by the Earth and crash onto it. And this…

Asteroid responsible for mass extinction of dinosaurs on Earth possibly caused megatsunami on MarsAn asteroid impact similar to the Chicxulub collision which resulted in the mass extinction of most dinosaurs on Earth, that occurred in a shallow ocean zone, was likely the origin of a megatsunami on Mars. In the past, scientists have hypothesised that a tsunami had occurred about three billion years ago as a result of an asteroid strike on a Martian ocean in the northern plains.  Researchers…

In 2021, the asteroid 2021 UA1 came so close to the Earth that it could have easily smashed into the planet and caused a disaster. Know all about our planet’s escape. We keep reading about asteroids flying past the Earth on a regular basis but we don't actually realize how terrifyingly close these space rocks can get and the scale of destruction they can inflict on our planet if they smash into it. But every now and then, an asteroid gets pulled by the Earth's gravity and gives us a glimpse of the disaster these…

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A new study based on asteroids that collided with Earth has given some of the turmoil a chronological frame. Astronomers believe asteroids have remained virtually unchanged since their genesis billions of years ago in the early solar system. However, not all asteroids stayed intact. Repeated collisions gradually robbed the insulating mantles of their iron cores, shattering some of the cores into fragments. Some of those fragments landed on Earth. People were fascinated by meteorites that fell from space, and in certain…