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Scientists Say If We're Extremely Lucky, This Asteroid May Put Us Out of Our Misery

"As the New York Times reports, the rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 1.3 percent chance of putting us out of our misery on December 22, 2032 — a fate we just might deserve, considering our incredibly careless stewardship of the planet."
I saw something a little while ago suggesting that new observations have pushed the likelihood up to 1.8%

Scientists Say If We're Extremely Lucky, This Asteroid May Put Us Out of Our Misery

Astronomers have spotted a space rock an estimated 200 feet in length that they say could soon be headed for Earth. As the New York Times reports, the rock, ...

Yahoo News
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Chances of a collision up to 1.9%!
Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

More data will likely reduce the chance of an impact to zero. If not, we have options.

Ars Technica
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I’m #TeamAsteroid at this point, TBF.
Feb 7, 2025 at 12:39amMetatext
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@kelvin0mql welcome