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This Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2032, Threatening To Wipe Out A City
NASA has detected an asteroid called 2024 YR4, which has a 1 in 83 chance of impacting Earth in 2032, potentially releasing 8 megatons of energy and devastating a major city, although it's too small to end human civilization.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a Small but Notable Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
NASA scientists are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered 55-metre-wide object with a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. If it collides, it could release energy equivalent to eight megatons of TNT, enough to cause serious regional damage. Currently ranked as a Level 3 threat on the Torino Scale, its classificati...
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Video: Asteroid Burns Like "Fireball" After Entering Atmosphere Above Russia
A speedy descent of a small asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, as it burned out after entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Asteroid Apophis May Still Have a Small Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029, Study Reveals
Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...
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6 Dangerous Asteroids On Collision Course With Earth, First One May Hit In October
Asteroid Bennu, discovered in 1999, currently poses the greatest risk of impacting our planet.
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NASA Spacecraft Collision May Have Created A Meteor Shower That Will Hit Earth In...
Rocky debris from NASA's asteroid deflection mission is hurtling towards Earth and is expected to create the human-made meteor shower known as the Dimorphids within the next 13 years, scientists have predicted.
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A NASA Exercise Suggests 72% Chance An Asteroid May Hit Earth On This Day
US space agency NASA, in a hypothetical exercise, has found that a potentially hazardous asteroid has a 72% chance of hitting the Earth and we may not be adequately prepared to prevent it.
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Asteroid That Exploded Over Germany Confirmed To Be As Old As Solar System: Scientists
Scientists have confirmed that the asteroid that exploded over Germany last month is a rare space rock type that could help shed light on Earth's origins.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid With Force Of 22 Atomic Bombs Might Hit Earth In...
NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet 159 years from now.
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Global Oreo Vault: If An Asteroid Hits Earth, Oreos May Become The Next Currency
As per recent reports, Oreo has built a Global Oreo Vault. It is located down the road from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault which was built in 2008.
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Has A "Small Chance" Of Hitting Earth In 2046: NASA
Asteroid 2023 DW has 10 predicted close approaches to Earth, with the nearest landing on February 14, 2046.
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Collision of DART With Asteroid Dimorphos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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City-Sized Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Shook Planet For "Weeks To Months"
66 million years ago, a 10-kilometre asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive it shook the planet for weeks to months after the collision.
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NASA's DART Mission First Step Towards Preventing Possible Asteroid Armageddon, Indian Scientists Say
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to deflect the asteroid Dimorphos could help the world prepare for a possible asteroid Armageddon similar to the one that caused the dinosaurs to go extinct. Dimorphos orbits a larger 780-metre asteroid called Didymos. Unlike the 10-kilometre diameter dinosaur-killing asteroid that hit Earth, b...
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This Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2032, Threatening To Wipe Out A City
NASA has detected an asteroid called 2024 YR4, which has a 1 in 83 chance of impacting Earth in 2032, potentially releasing 8 megatons of energy and devastating a major city, although it's too small to end human civilization.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a Small but Notable Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
NASA scientists are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered 55-metre-wide object with a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. If it collides, it could release energy equivalent to eight megatons of TNT, enough to cause serious regional damage. Currently ranked as a Level 3 threat on the Torino Scale, its classificati...
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Video: Asteroid Burns Like "Fireball" After Entering Atmosphere Above Russia
A speedy descent of a small asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, as it burned out after entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Asteroid Apophis May Still Have a Small Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029, Study Reveals
Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...
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6 Dangerous Asteroids On Collision Course With Earth, First One May Hit In October
Asteroid Bennu, discovered in 1999, currently poses the greatest risk of impacting our planet.
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NASA Spacecraft Collision May Have Created A Meteor Shower That Will Hit Earth In...
Rocky debris from NASA's asteroid deflection mission is hurtling towards Earth and is expected to create the human-made meteor shower known as the Dimorphids within the next 13 years, scientists have predicted.
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A NASA Exercise Suggests 72% Chance An Asteroid May Hit Earth On This Day
US space agency NASA, in a hypothetical exercise, has found that a potentially hazardous asteroid has a 72% chance of hitting the Earth and we may not be adequately prepared to prevent it.
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Asteroid That Exploded Over Germany Confirmed To Be As Old As Solar System: Scientists
Scientists have confirmed that the asteroid that exploded over Germany last month is a rare space rock type that could help shed light on Earth's origins.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid With Force Of 22 Atomic Bombs Might Hit Earth In...
NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet 159 years from now.
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Global Oreo Vault: If An Asteroid Hits Earth, Oreos May Become The Next Currency
As per recent reports, Oreo has built a Global Oreo Vault. It is located down the road from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault which was built in 2008.
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Has A "Small Chance" Of Hitting Earth In 2046: NASA
Asteroid 2023 DW has 10 predicted close approaches to Earth, with the nearest landing on February 14, 2046.
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Collision of DART With Asteroid Dimorphos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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City-Sized Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Shook Planet For "Weeks To Months"
66 million years ago, a 10-kilometre asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive it shook the planet for weeks to months after the collision.
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NASA's DART Mission First Step Towards Preventing Possible Asteroid Armageddon, Indian Scientists Say
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission to deflect the asteroid Dimorphos could help the world prepare for a possible asteroid Armageddon similar to the one that caused the dinosaurs to go extinct. Dimorphos orbits a larger 780-metre asteroid called Didymos. Unlike the 10-kilometre diameter dinosaur-killing asteroid that hit Earth, b...
