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In the geological epoch that has become known as the Anthropocene, humans are the asteroid ... their bacteria flora changes and they unfortunately die like 8 to 10 days later." ...

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Dr. Dante Lauretta is a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, the principal investigator of the OSIRIS REX mission, and author of The Asteroid Hunter. He’s based in Tucson, Arizona. FLORA ...

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The hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...

That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss Earth. The new figure of 1-in-43 represents a 2.3% chance of a strike. You may like Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance ...

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An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

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Should it strike Earth, the asteroid would release about 8 megatons of energy—more than 500 times the energy released by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and comparable to the ...