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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Idea@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Scott Manley video explaining the subject

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Great video, the probability will keep going up till it goes way down. Unless it doesn't.