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Asteroid tsunami finding and NASA mission milestones spark interest
Original: asteroid
Space stories are driving conversation: scientists have concluded that a 160-metre-wide asteroid struck the North Sea tens of millions of years ago, triggering a tsunami more than 100 metres high and solving a long-running geological mystery. Meanwhile, NASA has formally wrapped up its OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission, and new simulations examine whether nuclear blasts could break up an asteroid safely, though safe dispersal remains unproven.
Why now: A combination of fresh asteroid research and NASA mission news has put asteroids in the headlines across multiple countries.
Evidence
- A 160-meter-wide asteroid triggered a tsunami more than 100 meters high in the North Sea · NEWS.am TECH
- A decades-long scientific mystery beneath the North Sea has been resol · News of Bahrain
- NASA closes the book on epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission: 'I am immensely proud of what we did' · Space
- Nuclear Blast Simulations Show Asteroid Breakup Starting, but Safe Dispersal Remains Unproven · XenoSpectrum
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