Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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 ...
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 planet Earth in seven years.
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
It served as a reminder, however, that Earth will be hit ... s largest telescopes. The observations carried out over the past month have allowed astronomers to extrapolate the asteroid’s ...
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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) after Daniel Bamberger, Northolt Branch Observatories And, he says, even if 2024 YR4 does hit Earth ... currently the largest recorded asteroid strike ...
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Exact date newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth revealed
We all know how an asteroid wiped out ... around 66,000 miles of Earth. But when the unpredictability of orbits is considered, Nasa says it could be a direct hit. Impact locations include the ...
Astronomers spot asteroid that may be heading for the earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...