The odds of an Asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 have just been bumped up
Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into view of the asteroid warning system, called ATLAS, in December last year. Astronomers then calculated that the space lump will make a super close approach to Earth in 2032 ...
Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
As more space junk is falling to Earth uncontrolled, scientists are using seismometers to track the debris.
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Earthquake sensors could help track a different threat: Falling space debris
In fact, the threat of getting hit by uncontrolled orbital reentries ... back material from the asteroid Bennu. He set up seismometers along the capsule’s path in the landing spot in Utah ...
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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
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An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
and subsequent observations and modeling will be critical in determining whether Earth remains in the asteroid’s orbital path or not. A 2024 YR4 impact would be very bad, but not cataclysmic ...
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How Can We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?
We usually see such warnings about one or two objects every year; the latest iteration concerns an asteroid ... s orbital vicinity, then determine if our planet will actually be in its path ...
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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4 ... according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS). However, when orbital uncertainties are considered, that close approach could turn out ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from ... [+] a range of 15 miles. As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a ...
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Here’s What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth
A group of researchers based in South Korea drew up scenarios indicating how Earth’s climate and life on our planet would be affected by the impact of a medium-sized asteroid like Bennu.
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Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
Orbital manufacturing ... Outpost will be ready to provide non-fiery ones. Asteroid mining, tick. Factories in space, tick. Want to stay on a private space station? Jed McCaleb, a fintech ...
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Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
describing the orbit of a relatively small object that was swooping between the orbital paths of Earth and Mars. The citizen scientist assumed the mystery object was an undocumented asteroid and ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 ...