A meteorite ... have shaped Earth in numerous ways, including the Chicxulub impactor that led to the fifth mass extinction event, or strikes that brought vital elements like minerals and water to ...

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...

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It will likely survive reentry. The probe, about a metre across and weighing just under 500kg, could reenter the atmosphere and hit the Earth at a speed of about 250kmph, posing risks similar to a ...

This impact now aligns with some of Earth’s earliest known, land based, non-marine microbial fossils, and offers new insights into how meteorite strikes may have shaped our planet’s ...

The probe, about a metre across and weighing just under 500kg, could reenter the atmosphere and hit the Earth at a speed of about 250kmph, posing risks similar to a meteorite impact, Dr Langbroek ...

A half-tonne Soviet space probe designed to endure landing on Venus will tumble back to the Earth in two weeks and may “crash down hard” like a meteorite, a tracker has warned. The spacecraft ...