These space objects are as strong as the strongest terrestrial materials. But already this knowledge will help to develop means of fighting asteroids, which will not be redundant.

Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education said that Russian scientists from the Ural Federal University, with the support of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other scientific institutions, are developing a new way to protect the Earth from meteorites and asteroids.

As a result of the experiments conducted, it was found out that the strength of asteroids that fall on the planet roughly corresponds to the strongest Earth materials. In order to destroy them it is necessary to apply pressure that would exceed the Earth's pressure by 40 thousand times. On the basis of these data can begin to develop specific ways to destroy asteroids in space.

Chinese scientists are convinced that the only way to protect the planet from collision with a large meteorite are missiles with nuclear warheads. But no country has such technology now.

Prior to this, NASA said that in the direction of the Earth are moving several asteroids with a diameter of up to 150 meters.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова

Scientists speculate that there may be another Earth-like planet near our planet with similar conditions for life.

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have made an amazing discovery in the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere. During the study, a stratostat launched to collect atmospheric particles, found an unusual object - a fragment of a shell of diatom algae.

This fact has aroused special interest of researchers, because, despite the fact that diatom algae appeared on Earth about 185 million years ago, there is a theory of their extraterrestrial origin. Specialists believe that these microorganisms could have been brought to our planet from outer space.

The most striking conclusion of the study was the assumption of the possible existence of an Earth-like planet in relative proximity to us. The basis for this assumption was that the extraterrestrial organism discovered had successfully adapted to Earth-like conditions. This suggests that the DNA of these algae may be identical to similar life forms on another planet where similar conditions exist for life to evolve.

The discovery has raised interesting questions about the possibility of the theory of the spread of life in the universe through meteorites and space dust, as well as the potential existence of an Earth-like twin somewhere in outer space.

The previous day, it was reported that the Earth is in danger of self-destruction due to deformation of the core.

Author: Наталья Чудесатова