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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," the European Space Agency said.
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 on Earth.
UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it has an almost 99% chance of safely passing Earth on 22 December 2032, but a possible impact "cannot yet be entirely ruled out".
Don’t Freak Out, But an Asteroid Might Hit Earth in 2032
Pop culture is rife with depictions of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. The idea of a celestial body heading right for us — and bringing catastrophe with it — has been used to tell stories that can be action-packed,
Asteroid Bennu Has A Tiny Chance Of Hitting Earth – Which Could Start A Global Winter
Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182. Bennu is not on the scale of the Chicxulub impactor – which hit the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous and spelled the end of the non-avian dinosaurs and many other species – but it is also not small.
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.
Newly Spotted Asteroid Has Tiny Chance Of Hitting Earth In 2032
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. “We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” said Paul Chodas,
NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting Earth, scientists actively monitoring
Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine its path.
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Here's what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years
An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...
A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth — What To Know
A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...
Asteroid impact simulation reveals climate and ecological disruptions
A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
Everyone’s talking about a new asteroid heading towards Earth, but is it a threat?
Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what ...
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
How an Asteroid Hit the Moon and Made Two 'Grand Canyons'
A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a ...