asteroid
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Through no fault of our own, we might be hit by a planet-sterilizing asteroid or a civilization-threatening eruption of solar flares or radiation—long before our planet is inevitably swallowed up by the sun.
That is more than four times the size of the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
From Science Daily
Large asteroid impacts, like the one that contributed to the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago, typically leave a clear crater, such as the one beneath the Yucatan Peninsula.
From Science Daily
Scientists still have much to learn about what small asteroids are made of.
From Science Daily
We get treated to meteor showers when Earth passes through the trails of comets - icy objects which Nasa calls 'cosmic snowballs' - or in rarer cases, including the Geminids, asteroids, which are rocky.
From BBC
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