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On This Day in History, June 26: UN Charter signed, Indira Gandhi declares Emergency, Harry Potter debuts, Corvette day, Sher Shah Suri wins against Mughals and moreOn This Day in History, June 26 saw the signing of the United Nations Charter, Richard III's rise to the English throne, India's declaratio...- Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on KyivRussia deployed the Oreshnik hypersonic missile in a large-scale drone and missile assault on Kyiv. The attack resulted in at least two fat...
- In 1920, a Namibian farmer hit something with his plow that turned out to be the largest meteorite ever found on EarthA Namibian farmer in 1920 discovered Hoba, the world's largest meteorite. Unlike dramatic impacts, this massive iron slab landed quietly, l...
- Did a meteorite crash through a Houston Home? Here’s the truth behind the ceiling holeWitnesses reported a bright fireball, likely a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere, which may have produced scattered fragments. Local resid...
- NASA study using 50-year-old Apollo Moon samples suggests Earth’s water may not have come from meteoritesA new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary source of Earth...
- 470-million-year asteroid's journey to Earth ends with meteorite blasting a hole in Georgia man's houseA meteorite that smashed through a home in McDonough, Georgia, has been found to be 4.56 billion years old, making it about 20 million year...
- Biggest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million — meet the meteorite that shocked Sotheby’sA massive Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, was auctioned in New York. The meteorite fetched a record $5.3 million. The buyer remains unknown. ...
- First-ever footage of meteorite strike captured: Watch and hear how a celestial explosion feelsIn July 2024, a couple in Prince Edward Island finds debris from a meteorite strike, confirmed by home security footage capturing the impac...
- Woman hit by meteorite while having coffee in France; here's what we know so farA woman in France was struck by a small meteorite while having coffee with a friend. Experts examined the rock, suspected to be a meteorite...
- Scientists find two new minerals in 9th largest meteorite El Ali that hit EarthEl Ali – the enormous meteorite was discovered in Somalia. It was known to the Somalian natives for years and weighed 15,000 kilos. In 2020...
- A meteorite thuds into Mars surface: Audio of impact releasedLast year, a large meteorite slammed into the Red Planet, causing a considerable impact. The crater has been the largest ever observed sinc...
- Care for a slice of Mars? You can now bid on rare meteorites and gems from outer spaceChristie’s 'Deep Impact: Martian Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites' is an online-only sale of rare meteorites.
- Dumb driver crashes into smart busWhen accidents happen, the more vulnerable get the worst of it. When a driverless shuttle on a test run in downtown Las Vegas got hit by a ...
- 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars unveiledThe finding confirms that some of the longest-lived volcanoes in the solar system may be found on the red planet.
- Rare meteorites challenge solar system's historyLondon, Jan 24 (IANS) After analysing minerals from 43 rare meteorites that landed on Earth 470 million years ago, a team of scientists pro...
- Indian-origin astronomer spots tiniest asteroidNew York, Dec 1 (IANS) Using data from four different telescopes, a team of astronomers led by an Indian-origin researcher has reported tha...
- 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 ...
- Mega-tsunamis on Mars may help in finding life potential, study shows"If life existed on Mars, these icy tsunami lobes are very good candidates to search for bio signature," said Alberto Fairen, a visiting sc...
- Meteorite impacts may have created building blocks of life, says studyMeteorite impacts on ancient oceans may have created the building blocks of life on Earth, such as nucleobases and amino acids, a new study...
- Perseid meteor shower will create up to 100 meteors an hour-plus 'moon flashes'The brightness of the flash depends on how big the meteor is and how fast it's going when it hits the moon - it seems the harder the impact...
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