New dating techniques have brought the impact and mass extinction events within a “gnat’s eyebrow.”
Posts Tagged ‘asteroids’
Pinpointing Date of Impact
Friday, February 8th, 2013Asteroid Mining
Monday, February 4th, 2013
No longer just the stuff of science fiction…
Life Near the Asteroid Belt
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Two researchers hypothesize that an asteroid belt, just the right size and distance from its star, might be necessary for a star system to support a life-bearing planet.
Universe Update, January 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Coming at you from the desk of the Director of the Morrison Planetarium, hand-picked stories in space and astronomy news.
The Magnetized Moon
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Two new studies attempt to solve the mystery of the moon’s magnetism.
Comet Oceans
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Did Earth’s oceans arrive by comet?
Familiar Vesta
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
NASA’s Dawn mission is revealing some familiar planet-like features on the large asteroid Vesta.
Nannoplankton Extinction
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Non-dinosaur fossils reveal much about extinction event.
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