Giant meteorite impacts are what created the continents, say scientists

Scientists say they have found the strongest evidence yet the continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts. These would have taken place during the first billion years of Earth’s four-and-a-half-billion-year history. Researchers say the idea that the continents originally formed at sites…

Asteroid as big as a blue whale set to zoom past Earth on Friday

An asteroid the size of a blue whale is set to safely zoom past the Earth on Friday. According to Nasa’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid named 2015 FF is going to make a close approach to Earth on August 12. The asteroid, classed…