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Rings around Earth? New study suggests asteroid breakup once gave the planet Saturn-like ringsScientists suggest Earth once had rings like Saturn, formed from broken asteroid chunks. These rings likely fell to Earth, causing meteor s...- Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroidIntriguingly, the crater, named "Nadir" after the nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact caused by a hug...
- Oxygen rise 400 mn years ago linked to spike in biodiversity: StudyNew York, Nov 21 (IANS) A rapid rise in the oxygen levels over 400 million years ago may have provided a three-fold increase in biodiversit...
- Unique, ancient space rock may have diversified life on EarthOne of the objects involved in this collision was the source of L-chondrites, still the most common type of meteorite, the identity of the ...
- Rocks on Kangaroo Island in Australia are a geographical freak showSplattered with golden-red lichen, the rocks flaunt eerie contours. One resembles a snarling carnivore, the other a whale’s vertebra (or is...
- Metal pollution behind world's largest extinction events: StudyHeavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...
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