Comment on In April 2029, a Massive Asteroid Will Just Miss Earth. Scientists Are Worried There Could Still Be Major Consequences

• pageflight@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  As it skims within a cooee of Earth, our planet’s gravity will tug on it strongly enough to alter its spin, potentially trigger landslides and even asteroid quakes, and perhaps reveal what’s hidden beneath its surface. Two spacecraft – ESA’s RAMSES mission and NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX – plan to watch the encounter unfold in unprecedented detail.

  And there was actual interesting science to put in the headline!

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