Earth.com

Building-sized asteroid may strike the Moon in 2032

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.
Phys.org

What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?

For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a high ...
Science Daily

Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million ...
The Conversation

Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far

Jonti Horner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
RealClearScience

An Asteroid Has a 1-in-77 Chance of Hitting Earth. Here's What It Would Do

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 ...
CNN

A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life

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CNN

NASA spacecraft collision may have created a meteor shower that will last for 100 years

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