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Meteorite Smashes into House in Uruguay

A meteorite traveling at roughly 250 kph (155 mph) crashed through the roof of a home in the southeastern Uruguayan city of Maldonado, the Universidad de la Republica’s School of Sciences said.   Nobody was hurt when the 712-gram (1.25-pound)…

Is the Earth’s protective magnetic field about to DIE? Study finds fading forces are far older than thought

Earth’s magnetic field has been a life preserver, protecting against relentless solar winds, streams of charged particles rushing from the Sun, that otherwise could strip away the planet’s atmosphere and water.   ‘It would be a pretty barren planet without…