Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia
15 March 2023
Tiny pieces of stone found in a rock formation in Western Australia may be the oldest evidence of a meteorite impact on Earth, dating back nearly 3.5 billion years
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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs gave birth to the Amazon rainforest
1 April 2021
The asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago eliminated plant-trampling dinosaurs and rained fertilising ash on South America's rainforests, letting flowering plants take over what used to be mostly coniferous forests
Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago
21 July 2020
Craters on the moon show it was probably bombarded with asteroids about 800 million years ago, which also rained down on Earth and could have plunged the planet into an ice age
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit just right for maximum damage
26 May 2020
The asteroid impact that formed Chicxulub crater and is linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs seems to have come in at the optimal angle to cause as much destruction as possible
Spacecraft reveal the mysteries of the solar system's space rocks
27 March 2019
Three spacecraft have been gathering a treasure trove of information about the solar system's space rocks, helping us understand how Earth and the other planets formed
A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years
16 October 2017
If the sun spews “superflares” as often as other stars, one could take down power systems, damage the ozone layer and destroy satellites in the next century
