#Asteroid

Scientists have rewritten the dinosaur extinction scenario: the Chicxulub asteroid was a rare CO chondrite from the fringes of the Solar System. 🌌 It turns out sulfur was not the main cause of the "impact winter" — dust doomed the planet. 🦕💥

China Prepares Response to NASA: New Asteroid Deflection Mission Will Be Bolder Than DART 🚀🌑 By 2030, Chinese scientists plan to strike asteroid 2015 XF261 at a speed of 9 km/s to test Earth-saving technologies. This will be the first experience of directly changing the trajectory of an asteroid relative to our planet. 🌍🛰️

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth at a distance of 30,600 km. Up to 90% of the planet's population, including residents of Europe, Africa, and Asia, will see this event with the naked eye. NASA plans to study the object in detail using the OSIRIS-APEX probe. 🌍🪐🔭