Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high - National | Globalnews.ca
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The asteroid, big enough to wipe out an entire city, now has a higher chance of smashing into our home planet in 2032, according to NASA.
  • Eagle0110@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    And hopefully it can be highly rich in rare minerals, so that when the ashes of WW3 finally settle down, at least the future generations of humans or not-human sapient entities will at least get something good out of the whole ridiculous mess we’re currently in lol

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Unfortunately, at the speed they travel, an asteroid will be vaporised in the impact. Whatever rare earths there are will be scatter as a fine powder over a large area.