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How did sea creatures survive the dinosaurs' extinction?
Posted in Featured, Science on 14th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Algae and microorganisms would have survived a massive asteroid and acted as a food source for other creatures.
Comets, not asteroids, pose the real danger to Earth from space
Posted in Science on 26th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
The threat comes in the form of giant comets known as centaurs, are up to 100 km large and more massive than all of the near-Earth asteroids discovered thus far combined.
The New Space Race Is Heating Up: Asteroid Mining, Reusable Rockets, and Water on Mars
Posted in Science on 9th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
With growing access to large sums of private risk capital, and powerful exponential technologies, the pace of progress is accelerating.
Mass extinctions linked to comet and asteroid showers
Posted in Science on 24th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers.
A surprise asteroid will give Earth a safe halloween flyby
Posted in Science on 19th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The asteroid was discovered less than two weeks ago using the Pan-STARRS array in Hawaii and is the largest object to so closely approach our planet in recent times.