• Subscribe
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews
  • Quick subscription
  • Board
  • Team
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Industry
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
  • Home
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews

Articles tagged: mass extinction

  • Chicxulub, iridium anomaly, iridium layer, mass extinction, Nimura, Pinatubo, Toba, Woodleigh crater 23 March 2016 Could an encounter with a passing dark molecular cloud be responsible for killing off the dinosaurs?

    ... ~80% the size of the Chicxulub crater (~150 km diameter), has no discernible evidence linking it with a Late Devonian (364 Ma) mass extinction event. Nimura and colleagues also point out that an encounter with a dark cloud perturbs the orbit...

    • Chicxulub
    • iridium anomaly
    • iridium layer
    • mass extinction
    • Nimura
    • Pinatubo
    • Toba
    • Woodleigh crater
  • Kiaman Superchron, magnetic  field, mass extinction, ozone layer, palaeomagnetism 23 August 2021 Earth's magnetic field weakens every 200 million years, new study says

    ... reversals, she adds. As the dates of low magnetic field strength also coincide with the Devonian-Carboniferous mass extinction event, it adds weight to the theory that strong UV radiation exposure over long periods was the cause...

    • Kiaman Superchron
    • magnetic field
    • mass extinction
    • ozone layer
    • palaeomagnetism
  • comet shield, Dr Kevin Grazier, jovian planets, Jupiter February 2016 Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?

    ... [9], more recent analysis points to a cometary impactor as the ‘smoking gun’ that triggered this mass extinction. [10] In each mass extinction, while some opportunistic species thrived on the carnage, Earth’s biosphere took time to recover its pre...

    • comet shield
    • Dr Kevin Grazier
    • jovian planets
    • Jupiter
    Authors: Dr Kevin R. Grazier    
  • Global Space Governance Study, Joseph Pelton, McGill, Ram Jakhu, Scott Madry February 2016 Defending Earth against cosmic hazards

    ...ensuing cloud of dust, was termed a ‘nuclear winter’. This mass extinction event (known as the K-T) not only killed off the ... time. This was the worst of the Earth’s five mass extinctions and the ultimate verification that it was the result of ...

    • Global Space Governance Study
    • Joseph Pelton
    • McGill
    • Ram Jakhu
    • Scott Madry
    Authors: Joseph N. Pelton     Ram Jakhu     Scott Madry    
  • life on Earth, Life on other planets, Milky Way 08 March 2021 New study determines best place and time to live in the Milky Way

    ...000 light years (2 to 8 kiloparsecs) from the galactic center – were subject to many explosive events able to trigger a mass extinction. For reference, the Sun is approximately 26,670 ± 110 light years (8.2 kiloparsecs) from the galactic centre. This...

    • life on Earth
    • Life on other planets
    • Milky Way
  • climate change, cosmic defence, solar shield, Space Age 2.0, space debris January 2019 Saving humanity – is space up to the job?

    ... bio-scientists for many years. The widely-supported Alvarez hypothesis posits that the so-called K-T mass extinction event that occurred approximately 66 million years ago, resulting in incredible devastation and eliminating up to 80 percent of all...

    • climate change
    • cosmic defence
    • solar shield
    • Space Age 2.0
    • space debris
    Authors: Joseph N. Pelton    
    • «
    • 1
    • 2
    • »

ROOM Space Journal Trends

Room Space

astronomy magazine

air and space magazine

air space magazine

air and space magazine subscription

air and space smithsonian magazine

airplane magazine

all about space

air & space magazine subscription

astronomy magazines list

  • Home
  • Board
  • Team
  • Vacancies
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Contents
  • Archives
  • Reviews
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • Quick subscription
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • ROOM, Space Magazine Cover
  • Contact us: subscription@room.eu.com
  • Phone: +44 7977 469 741
  • Follow us:
© 2014 - 2025 Copyright beta version "Room The Space Journal of Asgardia". ISSN 2412 - 4311. All Rights reserved