An Asteroid Has a 1-in-77 Chance of Hitting Earth. Here's What It Would Do
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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Interception Plans Underway For Large Asteroid That Could Hit Earth In 2032
A building-sized asteroid found in 2024 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. For the first time ever, a planetary defense response is planning how to deal with the asteroid. If it did strike ...
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Giant asteroid could wipe out Ireland with series of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis
A giant asteroid hurtling towards Earth could wipe out Ireland with a series of devastating earthquakes or massive tsunamis, ...
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Asteroid Spotted: Potential Earth Collision Looms
It sounds like something from a bad Hollywood movie. But in reality ... In that case, the asteroid would make it through the atmosphere intact, and crash into Earth's surface. If it hit on the land, ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
A massive asteroid has a chance to hit Earth. Here's what to know.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.