New research shows how large asteroid impacts may have deformed rocks in a way that created […]
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Did big asteroids prep Earth for early life?
Posted by Todd Bates-Rutgers on November 18th, 2016
Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology 
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No Comments »Here’s how to see the spectacular Leonid meteor shower next week
Posted by Brett Smith on November 9th, 2016
Next week, “shooting stars” will streak across the evening sky as the Leonid meteor shower reaches Earth once more. This once-a-year meteor shower is known to be responsible for many of the most intense displays in history, with meteors dropping at rates as high as 50,000 per hour. However, this year’s event probably won’t rank […]
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Posted in Astronomy, Science General Tags: across, Debris, Earth, evening, Hemisphere, Leonid, leonid meteor, Leonid Meteor Shower, Meteor, Meteor Shower, meteor shower next, meteor shower reaches, Meteorites, Meteors, probably, probably won& 8217, Reaches, shower, shower next week, shower reaches, Skywatchers, spectacular, spectacular leonid, spectacular leonid meteor, supermoon, the leonid meteor, the meteor shower, the spectacular leonid, waning, when earth& 8217 No Comments »How the moon got its off-kilter orbit
Posted by Andy Fell-UC Davis on November 1st, 2016
Scientists say there are a couple of problems with the textbook theory of how Earth’s […]
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Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology Tags: angular, Angular Momentum, beginning, California, collision, Composition, condensed, could have been, Current, current orbit, degrees, dscovr, Earth, earth moon system, earth until, energetic, energy, Equator, forces, formation, formed, Giant Impact, Impact, Inclination, Kilter, kilter orbit, material, material from which, Momentum, moon condensed from, off kilter orbit, reached, receded, researchers, Scientists, stewart, system, Textbook, textbook theory, the angular momentum, the earth moon, the moon condensed, the moon& 8217, the textbook theory, theory, Tidal Forces, transferred, Transition, university, working No Comments »Gravity is greater at the center of this moon basin
Posted by Brian Wallheimer-Purdue on October 28th, 2016
The most detailed measurement of the moon’s gravity has uncovered interesting details about Orientale basin, […]
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Posted by Ker Than-Stanford on October 14th, 2016
A new study chronicles how central Asia dried out over the last 23 million years, […]
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