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2 days ago · Key principles. The outer layers of Earth are divided into the lithosphere and asthenosphere. The division is based on differences in mechanical properties and in the method for the transfer of heat. The lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, while the asthenosphere is hotter and flows more easily.
23 hours ago · A massive asteroid, comparable to the size of the Statue of Liberty, is approaching the Earth at a surprising speed of 65, 215 km/hr. The asteroid -- named 2024 MT1 -- measures around 60 feet in ...
1 day ago · Scientists involved in NEO research have also considered options for actively averting the threat if an object is found to be on a collision course with Earth. All viable methods aim to deflect rather than destroy the threatening NEO, because the fragments would still cause widespread destruction.
5 days ago · About 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth’s formation, a massive object, sometimes referred to as “Theia,” collided with Earth. This catastrophic impact was so powerful that it led to the ejection of a significant amount of material from Earth’s mantle into space.
1 day ago · NASA warns of asteroid 2024 JJ25, measuring 370 feet and traveling at 33,673 kmph, approaching Earth today. Discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, it will pass within 4 million kilometers ...
2 days ago · Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.
3 days ago · Stony meteorites and iron meteorites (those composed largely of iron alloyed with nickel and sulfur) both fall on Earth today, and both types are thought to have been present during the formation of the planetesimals that would accrete to become Earth.
