2023年4月9日 · Medium-sized asteroids hit Earth frequently without major devastation, but there is more to an asteroid impact than meets the eye. Impacts can cause other hazards that can …

Asteroid impacts are expected to cause multiple cascading effects—ranging from the initial thermal radiation, overpressure blast waves, earthquakes, and plumes to cascading hazards …

Asteroid impacts are natural processes that shape the surface of our planet, like volcanoes. The vast majority of these impacts were from very small objects, but there have been some …

2025年2月7日 · A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

However, more common natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, wildfires, dust storms, and hurricanes, are likely analogs that can provide the scope and scale of these …

1994年1月6日 · There is a 1-in-10,000 chance that a large (∼ 2-km diameter) asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth during the next century, disrupting the ecosphere and killing a large …

2017年3月23日 · Asteroid impacts produce an array of impact effects that can harm human populations. A list of seven such impact effects is recognized and described in Hills and Goda …

2024年1月1日 · This chapter provides a review of asteroid, meteoroid, and spacecraft reentry accidents, emphasizing the broad scope of disaster management. There is also significant …

2017年4月19日 · A new study has the answer: violent winds and shock waves are the most dangerous effects produced by Earth-impacting asteroids. The study explored seven effects …

2023年2月7日 · This paper reviews the initial and cascading effects of these natural hazards, describes the state of the art for modeling these hazards, and discusses the relevance of …