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  Dan Saffer

  

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  How an Ancient Asteroid Split The Moon in Two | Unveiled

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  Why are there more craters on the far side of the moon?? Join us... to find out!

• "Even though different groups of archaic humans preferred different climatic environments, their habitats all responded to climate shifts caused by astronomical changes in Earth's axis wobble, tilt, a … More

  

  Dan Saffer

  

  There's a Massive Hidden Factor in The Evolution of Humans Over 2 Million Years

  ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill

  The course of human evolution over the last 2 million years was shaped by habitation shifts linked to astronomically driven climate change, …

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  Dan Saffer

  

  How the James Webb Space Telescope Will Peer Back in Time

  discovermagazine.com - Chris Holt

  Thanks to a larger mirror and other capabilities, JWST will “see” early days of the universe that Hubble never could. Light from space always reaches …

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  Dan Saffer

  

  Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Aftermath Was Even More Brutal Than We Realized

  ScienceAlert - LAURA GEGGEL

  When the dinosaur-destroying asteroid collided with Earth 66 million years ago, massive amounts of sulfur – volumes more than were previously thought …

• A comet hit the earth!

  

  Dan Saffer

  

  13,000 Years Ago, a Firestorm Covered 10% of Earth's Surface, Triggering an Ice Age

  ScienceAlert - David Nield

  At a point some 12,800 years ago, a tenth of Earth's surface suddenly became covered in roaring fires. The firestorm rivalled the one that wiped out …

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  Dan Saffer

  

  Earth sits in the center of a 'superbubble' ringed by baby stars – now we know why

  techradar.com - John Loeffler

  Astronomers have known for decades that our solar system sits in the middle of a bubble in space about 1,000 light-years wide with incredibly young …