Monday, August 23, 2004





Asteroid shaves past Earth's atmosphere

"The previously unknown object, spanning five to 10 metres across, has been named 2004 FU162. It streaked across the sky just 6500 kilometres - roughly the radius of the Earth - above the ground on 31 March, although details have only now emerged."

Antarctic craters reveal strike

"The scientists told a conference this week that the impacts occurred roughly 780,000 years ago during an ice age."

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