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800 Million Years Ago, it Was Raining Asteroids on the Earth and Moon

Natural processes here on Earth continually re-shape the planet's surface. Craters from ancient asteroid strikes are erased in a short…

4 years ago

With Russian Meteor Fresh In Everyone’s Memory, ESA Opens An Asteroid Monitoring Center

It's been about three months since that infamous meteor broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that time, there's been a lot…

12 years ago