This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
South polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. Nasa/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images ... miles of Earth, respectively, also on Friday. On Sunday, 2025 BU, which JPL describe as being about the size ...
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Asteroid Bennu came from a distant, lost world of salty ponds
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...
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Scientists Warn an Asteroid the Size of a Football Field Could Strike Earth and Destroy an Entire City
The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...
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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system
In a nutshell Scientists found pristine salt minerals in asteroid Bennu samples that formed in a specific sequence as ancient ...
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High risk asteroid could hit earth in 2032 – can we defend ourselves?
The second highest risk has just a 0.68 per cent chance of hitting Earth. Astronomers have rated the threat of the new asteroid as being a level ... of the asteroid and destroy it, the idea ...
Irish Sun6d
Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs
A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the ... for any rock currently being monitored. The second-most risky asteroid has just a 0.68 chance per cent of hitting earth - about half of YR4.
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Exact date newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth revealed
A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22 ... The asteroid’s predicted ‘impact corridor’ (Picture: Daniel Bamberger/Wikimedia Commons) YR4 smashing into the ...
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NASA fears newly spotted football pitch sized asteroid could crash into Earth
An asteroid the ... an asteroid hitting Earth. Such is the relative threat posed by 2024 YR4, it has been graded at level 3, the highest level for any asteroid currently being watched.
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
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20 jaw-dropping places on Earth that look like an alien planet
Earth is home to some truly bizarre and breathtaking landscapes — here are 20 that look straight out of an alien world.
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Exact date NASA says ‘city-killer' asteroid could hit Earth
Scientists have said a newly-discovered asteroid heading towards Earth has more than a one per ... If scientists can find the space rock in images from then, they should be able to determine ...