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Auction Consultant offers $20000 for a fragment of Michigan Meteorite weighing 1 Kg
American Meteor Society recently reported about finding two meteorites, soon after a meteor was spotted burning in the skies of Michigan. The meteor, which was 6-foot-wide, broke apart on Tuesday just about 20 miles over Earth. The two professional hunters Larry Atkins and Robert Ward of Arizona were the first ones to find and grab the specimen […]
Apocalypse Warning? Humongous asteroid might wreck Earth on Feb 4
Scientists at the US space agency NASA has warned of a potentially hazardous asteroid that might create havoc on Earth and bring apocalypse. The asteroid that measures over 1.1 km in diameter will fly past Earth on February 4 at a very close distance, but chances are there that the celestial object might get trapped […]
Alien viruses might be present in space, says a new study
Viruses are a different form of living organisms. They are abundantly present on our Earth. But, the new study suggests that they might be present I space as well. In the new study, the researchers talk about the possibility of presence of alien virus in space. Although on Earth, the viruses are the most abundant, […]
Alert: Our Sun is turning old and losing weight with weakened gravitational pull!
Albert Einstein’s “Theory of General Relativity” might hold some truth as observed by researchers. The sun is aging and similar to anything that ages, it is losing its strength and mass. The gravitational pull of sun is coming down each passing day as stated by a team of scientists that studied the Sun and its […]
Find 1-kilo block of Michigan meteorite and win $20,000 as reward
A bright light accompanied by a loud sound was recently observed in the sky above Michigan. Researchers speculated that it was a meteor breakdown that caused the event. Following the event, a NewYork based resident named Darryl Pitt has stated that he will award anyone who brings him a chunk of this particular space rock […]
Full moon might be the cause behind earthquakes: Myth busted
For decades mankind feared the full moon that was speculated to be the cause of numerous earthquakes occurring on Earth. However, a recent study initiated by a seismologist, Susan Hough from the US Geological Survey confirmed that this idea is nothing but a myth. During her research, Hough compared a large array of 204 major […]
NASA plans a Space Station for the Moon with the Deep Space Gateway
NASA is all set to start the next step towards the exploration of space. Engineers at the space agency have come up with a proposal to set up a space station orbiting the lunar surface in less than a decade. That is if the idea is accurately approved and funded by the Congress. The main […]
China plans on using giant lasers to get rid of ‘space junk’
With numerous missions to explore space, mankind moves one step closer to knowing the secret of the origin of the universe. However, thanks to all these missions, a thick stream of space junk is covering our orbit filled with old satellites along and other relevant space debris. To deal with this issue, a team of […]
Fireballs light up the sky over SE Michigan on Tuesday night
A loud sonic boom along with bright illumination startled the residents of southeast Michigan along with five more states as well as Canada on a Tuesday night. As per reports by the National Weather Service, this event was most likely a meteor breaking up in contact with the Earth’s atmosphere. More than 200 reports of […]