There's a 2% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it
Look at it this way — there's around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth ...
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...
NASA scientist warns, we can't stop a big asteroid
An asteroid has a one in 83 chance of hitting Earth in just over seven years. While most space rocks pass by harmlessly, this ...
New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Observer3h
Elon Musk Launched His Tesla Roadster Into Space 7 Years Ago—It Was Just Seen Again
According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its first close approach to Mars on Oct. 7, 2020.
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Could a Bennu-Sized Asteroid Wipe Out Humanity? New Study Reveals Shocking Aftermath of Impact
In a recent study, scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea ...
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New NASA imagery shows a large asteroid could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
MLive6h
The Moon has 2 Grand Canyons carved by an ancient asteroid strike
The incoming object created an impact basin and sent streams of rocks hurtling like missiles, NASA said. Within minutes, two ...
Thanks to NASA, you probably won’t have to worry about this asteroid killing you
"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will fade from view before we are able to entirely rule out any chance of impact in ...
Physics World10h
Asteroid Bennu contains the stuff of life, sample analysis reveals
Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...
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WVU scientists ‘not losing sleep’ about asteroid
An asteroid spotted in late December 2024 caught astronomers’ eyes and simulations to determine possible orbits indicate the object could strike Earth in 2032, but West Virginia University researchers ...