NASA: Possible 2040 asteroid strike is highly unlikely


By Daniel Carrington, The Space Reporter
Monday, December 24, 2012

NASA: Possible 2040 asteroid strike is highly unlikely

NASA is ruling out the possibility of an asteroid striking Earth in 2040, saying newly released data places the chances of impact at less more than one in 500. The U.S. space agency announced the findings Friday, saying additional research by astronomers in Hawaii shows the asteroid will miss Earth by nearly half-a-million miles... To continue reading, subscribe to The Space Reporter today.

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