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Flowering plants may have recruited dinosaurs long before birds or mammals, with hundreds of fossil fruits revealing an ancient seed-spreading strategyFossil discoveries in New Mexico reveal that flowering plants were producing large, animal-attracting fruits millions of years earlier than...
In 1980, a physicist studying a thin clay layer found an iridium spike, and it wasn’t just trace metal: It became one of the biggest clues behind the dinosaurs’ extinctionIn a remarkable geological find in Italy, a delicate clay layer was uncovered, marked by unusually high levels of iridium—a rare element on...
What Did Scientists Find Beneath the Atlantic Seafloor? It Was Invisible Until Technology Revealed ItA massive, ancient circular structure, the Nadir Crater, has been discovered deep in the Atlantic Ocean using advanced seismic techniques. ...
This Asteroid Wasn’t Just a Rock, It Was Once a Salty, Watery World Holding Clues to LifeSamples from asteroid Bennu show clear signs of ancient liquid water. Scientists found minerals formed from salty water evaporation, indica...
Amid comet 3I/ATLAS mystery, NASA tracking two large bus-sized asteroids approaching Earth this week. Do they pose a threat?Space agency NASA is monitoring two large bus-sized asteroids passing through Earth this week. NASA is closely keeping a watch on 2051 VPI ...
'Never committing suicide': Elon Musk's bizarre response on claims mystery interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is ‘alien spaceship’Tech billionaire Elon Musk shared his views on the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during a podcast. He discussed its nickel composition and th...
3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet or Alien Spacecraft? Here’s complete truth3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet or Alien Spacecraft? The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was recently discovered traveling through the solar syste...
NASA issues warning as potentially hazardous asteroid bigger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt makes its closest pass in 100 years tomorrow; here's how you can watch itNASA is monitoring a large asteroid, 2014 TN17, which will pass Earth at a safe distance of about 3 million miles. The asteroid, larger tha...
Did an asteroid 'bounce' off earth? Wild new theory reveals shocking details behind Tunguska celestial strikeOn June 30, 1908, a massive explosion occurred in Tunguska, Siberia, flattening 80 million trees. Scientists now believe it was an iron ast...
Multiple asteroids may have contributed to dinosaur extinction, scientists revealNew research points to a second asteroid impact possibly contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, challenging the long-held belief of a...
Can X-rays, used for broken bones, be NASA's secret weapon to help save Earth from killer asteroids? Here's what scientists sayScientists at Sandia National Laboratories have made significant strides in understanding how nuclear explosions could be employed to defle...
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...
Scientists warn of apocalypse as study reveals C-type asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from strange locationResearchers discovered the asteroid responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from beyond Jupiter's orbit. Usin...
Monsters, asteroids, vampires: AI conspiracies flood TikTokFrom vampires and wendigos to killer asteroids, TikTok users are pumping out outlandish end-of-the-world conspiracy theories, researchers s...
Asteroid-smashing mission DART's success depends on ground-based telescopes. Find out whyThe action for NASA's DART spacecraft will take place in orbit, but telescopes on Earth are essential to the mission's success. Read on to ...
Mars may have had rings, and they may come back: StudyDepending on where the Roche limit is, Hesselbrock and David Minton believe this cycle may have repeated between three and seven times over...
'Big chill' after asteroid strike likely killed dinosaurs, suggests study- Dinosaur-killing asteroid created India's Deccan Traps?
Massive dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago likely triggered most of the immense eruptions of lava in India, a...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid didn't ravage Earth: studyIf however some animal communities, particularly large animals, were unable to shelter from the heat, they may have suffered serious losses.
- Dinosaur whodunit: Is Shiva crater the missing link?
It could be the plot of a mega disaster movie. A huge asteroid, nearly 40 km in diameter, comes hurtling towards earth.