Paris, Feb 25, 2025 (AFP) - Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent

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The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth -- 3.1 percent according to NASA and 2.8 percent according to the ESA. The planetary defence community has been scanning the skies. However, as had been widely expected, fresh obse......

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