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» Impact Events
Impact Events: Articles, Information, News and Facts
Popular Impact Event Items
Google Map of Asteroid Impact Craters
Asteroid Impact Craters!
Zoom in on 50 of Earth's largest impact craters with Google Maps.
What Are Meteorites?
Meteorites
: Learn what meteorites are from Geoffrey Notkin, meteorite hunter.
Meteor Showers
What Causes A Meteor Shower?
What is the difference between meteors, meteorites and meteoroids?
Tunguska
The Tunguska Blast
: One hundred years ago a meteoroid exploded above the surface of Siberia.
Impactites
What are Impactites?
Learn about the interesting rocks found at impact sites.
Earth's Largest Crater
Earth's Largest Impact Crater
: Learn about the largest and oldest clearly visible crater!
Lonar Impact Crater
India's Lonar Impact Crater
: A 6000-foot-wide crater formed 35,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Clovis-Age Extinction
Diamonds as Clues to a Clovis Extinction
: Perhaps overhunting by Clovis people was not the cause of these extinctions?
Newest Impact Event Items
Dinosaur Killer
Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Come From?
WISE telescope investigates.
Wembo-Nyama Crater
Wembo-Nyama Crater:
a possible impact site in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Australia Impact Site
Second Largest Impact Site in Australia:
A buried 80 km wide asteroid impact site.
Planets Collide
Planet Collision:
Spitzer detects a impact from few thousand years ago.
Near-Earth Asteroids
Near-Earth Asteroids
: Ever since Earth formed it has been bombarded with rocks from space.
Astronomy News
Solar Eclipse Photos from Grand Canyon
: NASA has a webpage with photos taken of...
Solar Eclipse Video (7 seconds)
: “The joint JAXA/NASA Hinode mission captured this video...
Survey of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
: “Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are a subset...
Super Solar Flares
: Solar flares from our Sun erupt with enormous...
Teacher's Guide: Exploring the Moon
: NASA has published a .pdf document titled: “Exploring...
Speeds of Sand Dunes on Mars
: “Last year, images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...
Asteroids and Earth
Earth-Crossing Asteroids
: Can we do anything about an asteroid that is destined to hit the Earth?
