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 ...
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Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...
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 ...
What we know about 300ft asteroid that has a chance of crashing into Earth
A freshly spotted asteroid that is up to 300ft wide detected by an automated telescope in December has a small chance of ...
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Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
Could a meteorite really hit a person and injure them? And just how common is a meteorite crashing down to Earth? The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size, ...
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First meteorite ever found in P.E.I. arrived with a literal bang
Unlike all of its previous trips, though, on this latest spin around the inner solar system, Earth got in its way ... Why wasn't anything seen or heard before the meteorite hit the ground? This ...
Newsweek18d
NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington ... that would cause significant regional damage if it hit the Earth," he said. "Not all NEOs are potentially hazardous, but all ...
New York Post18d
Sound of meteorite striking Earth remarkably caught on doorbell camera: ‘It was just pulverized’
“If that hit you going 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles per hour), that would definitely hurt, if not kill you,” said expert Chris Herd. Shown above is a file illustration of a meteo ...
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First meteorite ever found in P.E.I. arrived with a literal bang
Unlike all of its previous trips, though, on this latest spin around the inner solar system, Earth got in its way ... seen or heard before the meteorite hit the ground? This particular meteorite ...
The New York Times19d
A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
“To the best of my knowledge, it’s the first time that a meteorite hitting the surface of the Earth has been recorded ... Just before the meteorite hit, Mr. Velaidum and his partner, Laura ...
Science Daily19d
The moon: A chunk ejected from Earth?
As the Earth was hit much more frequently by these impacts than the Moon, there should also be a measurable difference between the oxygen isotopes -- depending on the origin of the material that ...
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Nasa says massive asteroid will zoom past earth tomorrow
A massive asteroid, 2022 CE2, is set to make a close flyby of Earth on Thursday. The 370-foot asteroid will travel at an astounding speed of 47,721 km/h but poses no threat, passing at a safe ...