The idea that humanity will be wiped out by a meteorite was recently
popularized in the film “Don’t Look Up!” But how likely is this to
happen? The answer, disturbingly, is perhaps more likely than we...
On February 28, 2021, a fireball was observed over the sleepy village of
Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. A meteorite from the asteroid
belt near Jupiter was bearing down on the town. Fortunate...
A person’s age can be risky to determine without asking directly. But
what about rocks and other materials on Earth? How do scientists
determine the age of a rock? Geochronologists are real detectives...