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Earth receives tonnes of dust each year, thanks to asteroids

Every year, over 5,000 tonnes of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year, scientists have determined. Our home planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some of them reach the ground in the form of micrometeorites.

More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year

More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
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The Dawn of the Forests Brought Waves of Death to the Oceans

Nikk Ogasa, Contributor ( Inside Science ) Lub-dub. Lub-dub. Lub-dub. Like the pulse of a throbbing heart, death beat down upon the seas around 376 million to 360 million years ago. During this time over 70% of animal species disappeared, most of which lived in the ocean. These creatures perished in waves of extinction as oxygen levels in the water oscillated and the downward swings repeatedly suffocated the seas. It was the most devastating period of the Late Devonian Mass Extinction one of the five largest extinctions to ever plague the planet. But what triggered these pulses of death has remained a hotly debated topic. Now, scientists believe that the earth s orbital cycles and the emergence of the first forests may have converged to produce this fatal rhythm. 

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