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Letters From The Time Traveler: An Asteroid Is Headed Here in 2032
NASA has released that an asteroid is headed here in 2032, with a probability of hitting Earth at 2.3%.
Recently, NASA released how they would notify the public if an asteroid hit.
If an asteroid that size hit Earth today, a shock wave two million times more powerful than a hydrogen bomb would flatten forests and trigger tsunamis. A seismic pulse equal to a magnitude 10 earthquake would crumble cities. And long after the impact, a cloud of hot dust, ash, and steam would blot out the sun, plunging the Earth into freezing cold.
And yes, asteroids are tracked by the government.
NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office is tasked with finding, tracking, and assessing the risk associated with potentially hazardous asteroids in our…