New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Asteroid's chances of hitting Earth have nearly doubled in a week, ESA scientist warns
An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...
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Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty.
Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.
Chance of Major Asteroid Hitting Earth Is Small, But Going Up
The chance of a major asteroid striking Earth in 2032 heightened to 2.3 percent, but scientists say the likelihood of impact ...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes into Earth in 2182
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
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Climate chaos: How an asteroid strike would change life on Earth
An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...
Major update on increasing chance of huge asteroid size of London Eye directly hitting Earth
YR4, the asteroid is currently estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, although this could change as we gain ...
Asteroid could cause 'impact winter' that stops plants growing if it hit
The 500metre wide rock could throw 400million tonnes of dust into the atmosphere, dropping the Earth's temperature 4C ...
New NASA imagery shows a large asteroid could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Where's Bruce Willis when we need him? Asteroid discovery raises concerns: Are we on the brink of our own 'Armageddon'?
The recent discovery of the asteroid 2024 YR4 has drawn intriguing comparisons to the iconic film Armageddon, where a team of ...