1 week ago ‘It’s something that happens’: are we doing enough to save Earth from a devastating asteroid strike?

With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threatIt is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civilisation is facing a cataclysmic end unless the space rock can be deflected.It may sound like science fiction, but it is a threat that is being taken seriously by scientists. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Are we doing enough to save Earth from a devastating asteroid strike?

With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threatIt is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civilisation is facing a cataclysmic end unless the space rock can be deflected.It may sound like science fiction, but it is a threat that is being taken seriously by scientists. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Asteroid on collision course with Moon could treat Earth to 'spectacular' shooting star display

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could be the largest asteroid to smash into the Moon in around 5,000 years

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2 w. ago Giant asteroid could crash into moon in 2032, firing debris towards Earth

Researchers say satellites may be at risk and impact could create a spectacular meteor shower in the skies If a giant asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032 it could send lunar debris hurtling towards Earth, researchers have said, posing a risk to satellites but also creating a rare and spectacularly vivid meteor shower visible in the skies.Asteroid 2024 YR4 triggered a planetary defence response earlier this year after telescope observations revealed the “city killer” had a 3% chance of colliding with Earth. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ava White's schoolboy murderer unmasked as teenager who stabbed girl turns 18

As Harry Gilbertson turns 18 today, he can now be named as the vicious killer of Ava White, who was stabbed outside Primark in Liverpool city centre moments after the Christmas lights switch-on

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3 w. ago ‘City killer’ asteroid on collision course with Moon could damage satellites

Researchers call for measures being taken to safeguard Earth from asteroids to be extended to Moon

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last month NASA issues urgent update on 'city killer' asteroid heading towards the moon in 2032

The 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 may not be on a collision course with Earth anymore. But NASA has raised the odds of it hitting the moon in just seven years' time.

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