An asteroid could collide with Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.
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Devastating images capture what would happen to Earth if 2032 asteroid with impact energy of 8 megatons of TNT hitYR4 is currently being monitored by NASA and the European Space Agency, with the space rock potentially set to strike Earth ...
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...
The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen slightly and, while it is unlikely to happen, it is still very interesting to consider how we would respond to an event like this.
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