Scientists already have an answer to the question of what caused the last Ice Age on Earth and the consequent extinction of a wide variety of species. The culprit, according to a study by the University of Chicago (USA) is nothing more than an asteroid that impacted our planet about 12.8 billion years ago.
Although it does not pose a threat to us or to the satellites that surround the Earth, the proximity of an asteroid to our planet, not in vain will “brush” the Earth, makes the event worth taking into account.
This time it is not about meteorites, or climatic changes or any other phenomenon of a natural nature. Those responsible, in this case, are humans. The human being has doomed the Earth to its sixth wave of mass extinction.
Deimos-2, the first Spanish high-resolution satellite, is already in Earth orbit after its launch from the Russian headquarters in Yasni, south of the Urals.
Its name is not accidental. The asteroid dubbed "the Beast" is approximately 325 meters in diameter and was discovered just two months ago. The fact that an asteroid of this magnitude has gone unnoticed by astronomers has puzzled the scientific world.
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