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Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent

Space Daily Wednesday, 26 February 2025 ()
Paris (AFP) Feb 25, 2025

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth - 3.1 percent according to NASA and 2.8 percent according to the ESA. The planetary defence community has been scanning the
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