Anne Tomasina

Asteroid To Hit Earth 2024. Just hours later, it struck our planet’s atmosphere 50 km. The asteroid was 20 times larger than the one that collided with what’s now the yucatán peninsula in chicxulub, mexico, and led to the downfall of dinosaurs on earth.

(wtaj) — nasa scientists are predicting a chance that asteroid bennu will strike earth in the future, potentially affecting an area the size of texas. In a remarkable display of astronomical detection and planetary defense capabilities, a small asteroid was discovered mere hours before it slammed into earth.