Asteroid

Enjoy a glass of wine? Thanks to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs! Scientists say the extinction of ancient reptiles paved the way for the spread of grapes

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It is now well known that the dinosaurs were wiped out by the Chicxulub impact event - a falling asteroid or comet that crashed into a shallow sea in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico about 66 million years ago (picture photo)

Without dinosaurs to trample the trees, vine plants like grapes flourished READ MORE: Asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor for the Daily Mail Published: 10:09 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2024 | Updated: 10:14 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2024 Next time you open a bottle of wine, … Read more

Asteroid 2024 MK will fly by Earth on Saturday: What you need to know

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(The Hill) – An asteroid the size of a football stadium zipped between Earth and the Moon Saturday morning – the second of two astronomical close-ups in three days. In this case, it’s a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, came within 180,000 miles of Earth. Meanwhile, on Thursday, asteroid 2011 UL21 flew within 4 … Read more

Asteroid Day 2024 celebrations provide reason to watch

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This year’s Asteroid Day has events planned including one at the Skyland Lodge Conference Center in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park at 9pm on Sunday. June 30, 2015, was the first “Asteroid Day” – a “global awareness movement where people from all over the world come together to learn about asteroids and what we can do … Read more

Asteroid Bennu samples reveal surprising insights into the early solar system

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Asteroid Bennu Samples Reveal Surprising Insights Into Early Solar System

Asteroid samples collected from Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have revealed fascinating details about the early solar system and the history of water in space. These samples, the largest ever returned to Earth by an asteroid, are providing scientists with invaluable data on conditions and processes that existed billions of years ago. Significance of the … Read more