astronomy

DarkFuture, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Panic?

I’m crossing my fingers for the wellbeing of the universe. We’re awful.

floquant, 19 dni temu

Worry not, for we are insignificant to the universe.

Zacryon, 19 dni temu

Right now.

Zetta, 19 dni temu

Forever, humanity could only ever conceivably expand so far due to the expansion of the universe, so as far as we know a still insignificant portion of the universe we could colonize.

Zacryon, 18 dni temu

Until we make some scientific breakthrough which might solve that problem. If there is any possible of course. There is so much we still don’t know.

GrumpyDuckling, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

I wonder if the “important” people know the chances are higher, so they’re going for broke in order to build their escape ship.

Thcdenton, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/30e041b2-9e9d-4736-a1d6-59d774a4b80e.gif

blackstampede, 18 dni temu

Unexpected Waterworld dipstick guy

Thcdenton, 18 dni temu

He’s my go-to for posts like these

blackstampede, 17 dni temu

Underutilized meme format, honestly. It can apply to almost anything in daily life circa 2025.

cazssiew, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92801e29-c9ff-4e9f-a113-8e935b7172d9.gif

Etterra, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

I’m team asteroid.

Uranus_Hz, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Those are rookie numbers. Gotta pump those numbers up.

Majorllama, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Which direction do I need to fart to up those numbers?

AbsoluteChicagoDog, 19 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Scientists estimate that 2024 YR4 is between 130 to 300 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide, large enough to cause localized devastation near the impact site. The asteroid responsible for the Tunguska event of 1908, which leveled some 500 square miles (1,287 square kilometers) of forest in remote Siberia, was probably about the same size.

So nothing to worry about

Xavienth, 19 dni temu

Sarcasm?

Idk about you but if it levels 1287 km² of forest, I don’t think that would exactly be good news for a populated area. On the upper range, it could be equivalent to a 40 megatonne bomb.

threelonmusketeers, 19 dni temu

Provided it enters in a similarly uninhabited location.

llamacoffee, 18 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Wow this is the most depressing comment section I’ve ever seen.

threelonmusketeers, 18 dni temu

Yeah, even for Lemmy this is bad. I hope most of them are semi-facetious?

Swedneck, 17 dni temu

it’s just standard “haha self harm funi”, it’s so easy to post and reliably gets a few upvotes, so it’s just a kneejerk response to posts like these.

FreakinSteve, 18 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Can we speed that up a bit?

uxia, 18 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Reading this headline instantly brought a huge smile to my face 😁

DragonTypeWyvern, 18 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Fucking finally goddamn

Hobbes, 17 dni temu w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Is there any way to get it here sooner?

maegul, 16 dni temu w Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring

I’m confused about what exactly the ring is in the image or the main image at least. There seems to be an enhanced image in the article that highlights the ring more clearly as an outer edge, which makes sense (I suppose).

But I don’t understand what I’m to make of the top image. It’s the diffuse light part of the ring?

Balthazar, 16 dni temu

You need to zoom in to the center of the bright elliptical. It would have been easier to see without zooming if they’d subtracted off the elliptical.

maegul, 16 dni temu

Ah yes! Thanks! The enhanced image does day “close up” after all! A bit lazy of me!

Very cool though! A zoomed inset in the main image would have helped I think.

adam_y, 15 dni temu w Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say

“About 3.8 billion years ago” in case the title has you freaked.

seathru, 15 dni temu

Yeah, that was definitely some clickbait.

I would hazard to say that most major features of the moon created in the last couple billion years have done so in under 10 minutes.