Inside Nasa's fight to save Earth from colossal asteroid - doomed date to deflection mission
A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...
3D model visualises what an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 would look like
YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the ...
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Inside Nasa’s sci-fi movie battle to save earth from asteroid strike that could cause more damage than 100 nuclear bombs
The potential defence systems sound like something out of the Hollywood movies Armageddon or Deep Impact. They include deflecting the asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — away from a dangerous ...
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15 Best Disaster Movies of All Time
Someone sent me an article the other day that says an asteroid has like a 2.5% chance of hitting Earth in 2031. That got me thinking about how much I love a good disaster movie.
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Inside Nasa’s sci-fi movie battle to save earth from asteroid strike that could cause more damage than 100 nuclear bombs
Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch ... The potential defence systems sound like something out of the Hollywood movies Armageddon or Deep Impact.
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead ... It sounds like something ...
Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...
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NASA tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has tiny chance of colliding with Earth in 2032
SCIENTISTS WILL HAVE TO ACT FAST TO LEARN MORE AS THE ASTEROID WILL DISAPPEAR FOR A TRIP AROUND THE SUN IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, ONLY TO REAPPEAR AGAIN, LIKELY IN 2028. I FEEL LIKE THERE’S A MOVIE ...
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Interception Plans Underway For Large Asteroid That Could Hit Earth In 2032
A building-sized asteroid found in 2024 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. For the first time ever, a planetary defense response is planning how to deal with the asteroid. If it did strike ...
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NASA is tracking an asteroid with a 2.2 per cent chance of hitting Earth. How would we respond to an actual threat?
is follow the example set in the movie Armageddon — one of the least scientifically accurate films of all time," he says. "If you were to do what they did in that film — to blow the asteroid ...
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Was the world’s most influential climate target doomed from the start?
As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the ...