Meteor
A meteor is a small body of extraterrestrial matter that enters the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of friction, the meteor glows as it streaks across the sky. Meteors are typically lumps of rock or iron that orbit the Sun.
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SEP 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
SEP 29, 2021This meteor may have caused a blast as large as the one in the Tunguska Event, and totally flattened a city.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
AUG 10, 2021As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
AUG 09, 2021Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
JUN 30, 2021In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2021Earth & The Environment
JUN 02, 2021As hard as it is to imagine, the rolling dunes that we picture now when we think of the Sahara used to be quite differen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
SEP 29, 2021
This meteor may have caused a blast as large as the one in the Tunguska Event, and totally flattened a city.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
AUG 10, 2021
As much of the US swelters in a heat wave this week, cloud cover is also predicted to be low in many places. While there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
AUG 09, 2021
Magnetization on the moon may come from impact events from objects like meteors instead of the presence of a magnetic sh
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Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
JUN 30, 2021
In this NASA image from Bill Ingalls, a meteor can be seen in the sky, one far less destructive than the asteroid that c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2021
Earth & The Environment
JUN 02, 2021
As hard as it is to imagine, the rolling dunes that we picture now when we think of the Sahara used to be quite differen
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Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
MAY 15, 2021
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus.
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Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
MAR 09, 2021
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
FEB 24, 2021
Long ago, fungi colonized the impact crater of an ancient meteor. It seems they may have begun working in partnership wi
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2020
Space & Astronomy
DEC 28, 2020
On December 14, 2020, there was a total solar eclipse that could be seen in Chile and Argentina. Now scientists have rev
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch