asteroids
In our solar system today there are over 30 000 asteroids flying around in all directions colliding with other asteroids and planets not caring about the destruction they might convey. Our planet Earth is caught right in the middle of all of this action and is liable to entire extinction of any lif....
Asteroids
Asteroids are referred to as minor planets. They can range in size from about 1000 km down to the size of small rocks (Hamilton). Asteroids are mainly made up of rocks and metallic objects. They orbit the sun the same as planets do, but are too small to be considered planets. The following paper....
Astronomy - Cosmic Impacts
There are billions of comets and asteroids that fill our solar system and throughout the history of our planet the Earth has been impacted by numerous of them. Although this is not a threat that we tend to worry about on an every day basis, the effects of a large cosmic projectile hitting the Earth....
Atlantis: Fact or Conjecture?
Very little is known about Atlantis. There have been stories that the Atlanteans had vehicles capable of war and flight and were able to do medical miracles. But the only reliable source we have of this lost continent is from Timaeus and Critias, written by Plato over two thousand years ago.
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