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Researchers to Drill Below Crater to Study Dinosaur Extinction
04/21/15 2:41 PM PST
Researchers want to drill 5,000 feet into the Chicxulub crater, which was created 65.5 million years ago by an asteroid largely blamed for the demise of dinosaurs
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Asteroid Named After Nobel Prize Winner
04/15/15 10:40 AM PST
An astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in California decided to name an asteroid after Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai for her contributions
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NASA to Grab Chunk of Asteroid
03/30/15 1:26 PM PST
NASA announced plans to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, grab a piece of the space rock, and move it into orbit around the moon
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Australian Researchers Find Largest Asteroid Impact Ever
03/24/15 5:16 PM PST
Australian scientists publish a study in the science journal Tectonphysics that tells of the discovery of two massive asteroid impacts in the Australian outback
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Earth's Flyby Asteroid Has Moon of its Own
01/27/15 1:40 PM PST
A highly-anticipated asteroid that flew by Earth on Monday was seen with a moon orbiting around it
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Massive Asteroid to Fly Past Earth
01/23/15 2:05 PM PST
According to NASA, asteroid 2004 BL86 - which measures about a third of a mile in diameter - will fly by earth on January 26
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New Data in India Shines More Light on Dinosaur Extinction Theory
12/16/14 3:00 PM PST
Researchers say that a volcanic eruption began 250,000 years before asteroid strike, and possibly continued for 500,000 years after impact
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Comet Satellite Provides Clue to Mystery of Earth's Water
12/12/14 10:44 AM PST
Rosetta satellite near Jupiter family comet determines water vapor doesn't match oceanic molecular make-up
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Japan Sends Probe to Blast Hole in Asteroid
12/03/14 10:34 AM PST
Japan launched an asteroid-chasing probe into space for a six-year mission that aims to find clues about the birth of the solar system
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NASA Solves 'Man in the Moon' Mystery
10/02/14 3:53 PM PST
NASA researchers say the craters that give the lunar surface the 'man in the moon' appearance was caused by volcanoes, not asteroids
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Doubts Raised Over Nicaragua's 'Meteorite'
09/09/14 12:07 PM PST
NASA scientists are questioning whether a meteorite was the cause of a loud boom and crater found near Nicaragua's capital city over the weekend
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Newfound Asteroid to Zoom by Earth
09/05/14 3:34 PM PST
A newly discovered asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on Sunday at a fairly "close" distance of 25,000 miles