The strewn field of Argentina has captivated people for centuries, and early man used to visit the site to gather pieces of metal in order to build iron tools. In the 16th century, the Spanish […]
A number of movies have been made about what would happen if a large enough meteor collided with the Earth, such as the 10 km (6.2 mile) Chicxulub asteroid that struck the Yucatán Peninsula in […]
The Perseids is an unusually rich meteor shower and a sky watchers favorite, not just for the abundance of its meteors but because unlike other showers which can exceed it in maximum output, such as […]
A US man and his wife got quite a surprise Friday night, when they heard a loud bang coming from the roof of his house in Wolcott, Connecticut. Initially, Larry Beck thought a rafter had […]
Every November the region of the night sky associated with the constellation of Leo is filled with a prolific meteor shower, known as the Leonids. The Leonids generally occur each year between November 13th and […]
This Wednesday at 1247 GMT, an object named 2010 AL30 will pass close to the Earth. At a fly-by distance of 76,000 miles (122,000km), the object will be approximately one third closer to us than […]
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