Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
collided with Earth about 4.5 billions years ago. This is how old Earth was 100 million years ago, a time when the planet was ...
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
That means Earth used to spin more quickly, with days lasting a fraction of what they do right now. In about 200 million years, the length of a day on Earth should reach 25 hours. But it’s not a ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
Check your compass again — Earth’s north magnetic pole is ... it would take place over hundreds to thousands of years. So we’re safe, for now.
YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.