We are constantly to be threatened with “things” that take place in space and we don’t even know. Aerial cosmic explosions are much more common and have much more destructive potential than, for example, asteroid impacts.
When heavenly bodies intersect with the orbit of the earth and gravity does their work, bright light shows may emerge. But these interactions can also be synonymous with disaster.
Just ask the dinosaurs. The asteroid that changed evolution and led to his death, paving the way for the appearance of mammals and birds, really left his mark on Earth.
But the dramatic shocks with the spatial material that shares our solar system can be mortals, even when this material does not physically reach the soil.
Sometimes comets or meteorites entering the earthly atmosphere explode before reaching the surface, sending heat tsunamis and high pressure down with the force of an atomic pump.
Now, a new study in A A PLOS One reveals that these events may have been much more common in the history of our planet than you thought.
As it writes, the investigation provides evidence of aerial cosmic explosions that scientists claim to have happened throughout the globe and over centuries.
While heaven observers keep their eyes in the skies, the potential of aerial cosmic explosions and the destruction they can cause deserve greater scientific attentionaccording to the authors of the new study.
“Are much more common and have much more destructive potential than the most localized asteroid impacts, classic and craters, ”he said James KennettEmeritus Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and scientist in the team in.
