WATCH — This asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Should you be worried?
A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of NASA’s risk list. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has about a 2.1 per cent chance of hitting the Earth. An asteroid is a rocky object that orbits the sun. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Jan. 27 by a telescope in Chile.
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
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.
However, Bennu, a 500-metre wide lump of rock, has been located by the boffins and their telescopes and they’ve given it a 1 in 2,700 (or 0.04 percent) chance of hitting Earth. While that may seem ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
An asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles wide hit off the coast of ... if one appears on a collision course with Earth. "The likelihood that a Bennu-sized asteroid will strike Earth is quite ...
What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...
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