Iridium

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was a carbonaceous asteroid

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This asteroid, which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, came from a C-type asteroid that originated beyond Jupiter, thus ruling out other hypotheses such as volcanic activity or comets
A meteor breaks up in the atmosphere. Such a phenomenon caused global cooling and the extinction of large animals 12,800 years ago. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Surprising discovery: a cosmic explosion in the atmosphere may have caused global cooling 12,800 years ago

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The preplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NSF

Target board or donut? Iron meteorites reveal the early form of our solar system

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The formation of our solar system involved the accretion of gas and dust into a preplanetary disk, with meteorites providing important insights into its early composition.
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

US Federal Aviation Authority to pilots: beware of satellite debris falling to Earth

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

How and why did the two satellites collide last week?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Iridium - a short flash that immediately disappears and also observations on the International Space Station

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