
Europe How Europe is facing the threat of asteroid impact 21/02 19:18 CET
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In January this year an asteroid 250 metres across swept past the Earth. Telescopes watched it speed by – a near miss, at least in celestial terms. What chance is there that an asteroid could hit Earth, and what preparations are really being made to face this doomsday scenario?
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