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Dinosaurs ‘already in decline’ before asteroid apocalypse
Dinosaurs were already in an evolutionary decline tens of millions of years before the meteorite impact that finally finished them off, new research has found. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
?Trickle of food? helped deep sea creatures survive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs
New evidence has been provided to explain why deep sea creatures were able to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Asteroid impact, volcanism were one-two punch for dinosaurs
Berkeley geologists have uncovered compelling evidence that an asteroid impact on Earth 66 million years ago accelerated the eruptions of volcanoes in India for hundreds of thousands of years, and that together these planet-wide catastrophes caused the extinction of many … Continue reading
Scientists find link between comet and asteroid showers and mass extinctions
Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists conclude in a new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & … Continue reading
Asteroid to make close call with Earth
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-14a1dcdc8b0dfa025cbbf6003535896c2.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Asteroid to make close call with Earth” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-14a1dcdc8b0dfa025cbbf6003535896c2.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 5 – An asteroid is set to whiz by planet Earth on Wednesday in one of the closest asteroid passages of the … Continue reading
Nearby asteroid passage
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-1b1779d304c14167744d00c783776413.jpg” IMG class=”hide” alt=”Passaggio ravvicinato asteroide” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-1b1779d304c14167744d00c783776413.jpg”(ANSAmed) – Rome, February 21 – a pair of near-Earth asteroids. Today in Rendevous (Italian time) there are about 1995CR pass, a stone ‘cosmic’ with a diameter of 210 meters, followed … Continue reading
The NASA plan to capture an asteroid
(ANSA) – HOUSTON, 15 Apr – catch an asteroid with a robotic probe, they take you in the vicinity of the Moon and toward the 2025, to explore by astronauts. This advanced project that seeks to develop thanks to the … Continue reading
Approaching the asteroid Toutatis
(ANSAmed) – Rome, DEC-10 approaching the encounter with the asteroid Toutatis, which met from 11 to 12 December ‘ the Earth with a passage that will take place at a distance of confidence: a 6.9 million km from Earth. “There … Continue reading