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The Sciences

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First Samples From 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Bennu Could Contain the Seeds of Life 

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Technology

Simulations Reveal The Alarming Effects Of Blowing Up An Incoming Asteroid Before It Hits Earth 

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Planet Earth

Scientists Predict Next 1,000 Years of Asteroid Impacts — Are We Safe?

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The Asteroids We Should Watch Out For

Bill Nye 

Bill Nye Wants to Scare You About the End of the World

Mars’s Jezero crater 

Asteroid Impacts Could Have Warmed Ancient Mars

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Space debris

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Tsunami waves

Tsunami From Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit Coastlines All Around The World

Fossilized Dinosaur Eggs

Dinosaur Diversity Was Declining 2 Million Years Before Asteroid Hit

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Did Massive Volcanic Eruptions Drive Dinosaurs to Become Extinct?

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小行星

每年有数千颗陨石撞击地球——它们带来了什么

来自45亿年前小行星贝努的首批样本可能包含生命的种子

模拟揭示了在小行星撞击地球之前将其引爆的惊人影响

科学家预测未来1000年的小行星撞击——我们安全吗？

我们需要警惕的小行星

比尔·奈（Bill Nye）想让你对世界末日感到恐惧

小行星撞击可能曾使古代火星变暖

2023年的绿色彗星可能很快就能用肉眼看到

太空垃圾是什么？为什么是个问题？

导致恐龙灭绝的小行星引发了全球海岸线海啸

恐龙多样性在小行星撞击前200万年就开始下降

大规模火山喷发导致恐龙灭绝？

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