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Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery

Earth

Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery

A meteorite that hit the town of Carancas last year may not have fragmented in the atmosphere because it was unusually tough

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Ancient impact may have created deep niche for life

Earth

Ancient impact may have created deep niche for life

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Almighty smash left record crater on Mars

Space

Almighty smash left record crater on Mars

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Tunguska: The day the sky exploded

Earth

Tunguska: The day the sky exploded

Features

Roadside crater should have made more of an impact

Earth

Roadside crater should have made more of an impact

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Fastest spinning asteroid spied by amateur stargazer

Space

Fastest spinning asteroid spied by amateur stargazer

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Sea creatures had a thing for bling

Life

Sea creatures had a thing for bling

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Canada to launch first space mission to hunt asteroids

Space

Canada to launch first space mission to hunt asteroids

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Earth

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid ignite an oily tinderbox?

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Solar system 'bounce' may send comets our way

Space

Solar system 'bounce' may send comets our way

The up-and-down motion of the solar system as it orbits the Milky Way may trigger periodic comet showers that strike the Earth

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Life

Spacewalking microbes may reveal life's origins

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Space

Hayabusa asteroid probe may never return to Earth

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Earth

Ocean mud yields secrets of past Earth impacts

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Space

Departed dwarf planet left us two meteorites

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