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Hace 1 día · The Jurassic (/ dʒ ʊ ˈ r æ s ɪ k / juurr-ASS-ik) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period 201.4 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 145 Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era and is named after the Jura Mountains, where limestone strata from the period were first ...
Hace 4 días · 99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN 4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of 370 metres (1,210 feet) that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029. Additional observations provided improved predictions that eliminated the ...
Hace 2 días · The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.Most other tetrapods weighing more than 25 kilograms (55 pounds) also became extinct, with the ...
Hace 1 día · Mars is similar to Earth in many ways. Like Earth, it has clouds, winds, a roughly 24-hour day, seasonal weather patterns, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and other familiar features. There are clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more like Earth, with a denser, warmer atmosphere, rivers, lakes, flood channels, and perhaps oceans.
20 de may. de 2024 · Barred Spiral Galaxy. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)) Wednesday, May 1, 2024: A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the ...
12 de may. de 2024 · A series of strong solar flares spewed from the Sun's surface sent a shockwave of magnetically charged plasma directly at the Earth producing extended vivid displays of colour across the skies.
Hace 17 horas · The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object. The average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 ...
