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Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...
A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M.
A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling ...
Metal Workers on MSN2d
The Goba Meteorite: The Largest Meteorite Found on Earth and Its Secrets
The largest meteorite ever found on Earth is the Goba meteorite, which weighs an astonishing 66 tons and measures about 3 meters in diameter. Discovered near the town of Grootfontein in Namibia in ...
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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.
Cantonment man finds rare meteorite after fireball
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
Scientists Have Never Confirmed a Meteorite From Mercury. Could These Space Rocks From the Desert Be the First?
Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...