Earth
Asteroids won’t raise killer waves – but mind the splash
New simulations suggest the monster waves created by an small asteroid impact would break before they reached land, but you still wouldn't want to be near one when it hit
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Earth
Meteorite hunters ‘strike gold’ in Sudan
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Space
How to save the world from an asteroid impact
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Life
Watery asteroids may explain why life is ‘left-handed’
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Space
Moon hides scars of a violent past
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Earth
Life could have survived Earth’s early pounding
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Space
Tunguska-sized space rock buzzes Earth
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Space
Asteroid belt may bear scars of planets’ migration
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Space
Twin-tailed comet drops by for a visit
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Space
High-energy portrait of approaching comet released
NASA's Swift telescope, which usually studies powerful cosmic explosions, has imaged the approaching Comet Lulin in UV and X-rays
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Space
First tracked space rock recovered after impact
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Physics
Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?
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Space
‘Dark’ comets may pose threat to Earth
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Space
Asteroid bound for Earth! Warn your grandchildren
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