Near-Earth Object Impact News

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  Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past

  November 1, 2012 — The European Space Agency's Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin aiming cameras at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the ... > full story
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  Mass Extinction Study Provides Lessons for Modern World

  October 29, 2012 — The Cretaceous Period of Earth history ended with a mass extinction that wiped out numerous species, most famously the dinosaurs. A new study now finds that the structure of North American ecosystems ... > full story
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  'Curiosity' on Mars Sits on Rocks Similar to Those Found in Marshes in Mexico

  October 29, 2012 — Millions of years ago fire and water forged the gypsum rocks locked in at Cuatro Ciénegas, a Mexican valley similar to the Martian crater where NASA's Rover Curiosity roams. A team of ... > full story
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  New Model Reconciles the Moon's Earth-Like Composition With the Giant Impact Theory of Formation

  October 17, 2012 — The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon. However, a major challenge to the theory has been that the Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotope ... > full story
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  Moon Was Created in Giant Smashup; Vaporization of Impactor Left Signature in Tiny Excess of Heavier Form of Zinc

  October 17, 2012 — It's a big claim, but scientists say they have discovered evidence that the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body the size of Mars collided with the early Earth. The evidence might ... > full story

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  Scientists Provide Window on Space Radiation Hazards

  October 15, 2012 — Astrophysicists have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments. The near real-time tool will ... > full story
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  Meteorite Hunters: How to Hunt a Space Rock

  October 12, 2012 — A team of scientists from JPL needed some space. When a large fireball turned night into day over Battle Mountain, Nev. they knew they had their ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Curiosity Preparing for Second Scoop

  October 12, 2012 — On Sol 65 (Oct. 11, 2012) of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed several activities in preparation for collecting its second scoop of soil. Like the first ... > full story
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  Meteorite Delivers Martian Secrets

  October 11, 2012 — A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it ... > full story
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  Object Likely Benign Plastic from Curiosity Rover

  October 10, 2012 — Curiosity's main activity in the 62nd sol of the mission (Oct. 8, 2012) was to image a small, bright object on the ground using the Remote Micro-Imager of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) ... > full story

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