Asteroid hitting earth

The answer depends on the size of the impactor. Small ones happen all the time, but large ones are rare and require millions of years. Learn more about asteroid …
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The asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an "exceptionally close flyby" of Earth on 13 April 2029, passing within 19,900 miles (32,000km) of its surface.
The enormous Apophis asteroid, named after an ancient Egyptian god of disorder, measures nearly a quarter of a mile long, and will be visible to the naked eye …
A newly detected asteroid has a very small chance of impacting the Earth in 2046, Nasa tweeted on Tuesday. If it does hit, the asteroid, roughly the size of an …
Not big enough to be a threat to Earth, asteroid 2022 EB5 hit Earth off the coast of Iceland on March 11, two hours after it was first seen.
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