meteor strikes
Celestial body collisions
Meteor strikes are impacts of meteors—space rocks—upon a planetary surface.
The phrase usually refers to the event rather than the objects themselves: Scientists study ancient meteor strikes to understand extinction events.
In gaming and fiction, meteor strikes often appear as catastrophic attacks or apocalyptic scenarios.
The singular meteor strike describes a single impact.
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- impact craterMeteorite collision depression
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- fireballLuminous meteor or explosion
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- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- science newspopular science, black holes, discovery, dinosaurs, research
- spaceflight hazardsmicrogravity, weightlessness, zero gravity, space debris, cosmic rays
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- space fictionscience fiction, spaceship, sci-fi, astronaut, space adventure
meteor strikesvolcanic eruptions
Explosive magma discharge from peaks
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