11 September 2007

Meteoroids Carve Tunnels as They Burrow Through the Atmosphere

Every day, material is raining down on the Earth. Fortunately, we've got an atmosphere to protect us. As the tiny particles impact the atmosphere, air piles up in front of them, heating up, and blazing a trail in the sky. That's a meteor. According to a team of Japanese researchers, as the micrometeoroids rain down, [...]
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