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Amateur Astronomers Spot Meteorite Impact During Lunar Eclipse

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According to ancient astronaut theorists, the lunar eclipse this weekend had an unexpected visitor. Right around the time of totality, a meteor crashed into the moon, and it was visible from Earth.

Meteors crash into the Earth and Moon all the time, although this usually happens either over the ocean (70% of the Earth) where we can’t see it, on the far side of the moon (~50% of the Moon) where we can’t see it, or on the sunlit side of the Moon (another, different 50%), where we can’t see it. These meteors range from the size of a grain …read more

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The Short and Tragic Story of Life on the Moon

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The Moon is a desolate rock, completely incapable of harboring life as we know it. Despite being our closest celestial neighbor, conditions on the surface couldn’t be more different from the warm and wet world we call home. Variations in surface temperature are so extreme, from a blistering 106 C (223 F) during the lunar day to a frigid -183 C (-297 F) at night, that even robotic probes struggle to survive. The Moon’s atmosphere, if one is willing to call the wispy collection of oddball gasses including argon, helium, and neon at nearly negligible concentrations an atmosphere, does nothing …read more

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Asteroids Crash Into Earth Over Twice as Often as 290 Million Years Ago

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Scientists find that a surge in Earth impacts began during the Permian period, possibly because of disruptions in the asteroid belt. Continue reading Asteroids Crash Into Earth Over Twice as Often as 290 Million Years Ago→