Meteors That Have Hit Earth

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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far

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 on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.

health.wusf.usf.edu · 2d

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.

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Everyone’s talking about a new asteroid heading towards Earth, but is it a threat?

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 as it heads towards Earth. Should we be worried about it? Here's what you need to know.

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Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts

“If I’d have seen it ... Could a meteorite really hit a person and injure them? And just how common is a meteorite crashing down to Earth? The frequency of meteorites making it to the ...

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Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

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