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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high

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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high

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Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high - National | Globalnews.ca

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.

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Can we strap a bunch of spacex rockets to it to achieve the needed speed? Probably not but the irony would be great

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