Are ‘one-in-a-thousand-year’ catastrophic impacts by meteors actually more frequent? Earth’s close call this summer with a meteor swarm will give astronomers a chance to figure out the risk potential.
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Our solar system is a dangerous place, and this month Earth inches closer to one of its riskier places, the “Taurid swarm” of meteors. It’s a vast cloud of debris and possibly large objects, leftover from a massive comet's disintegration, that is suspected of causing catastrophic collision events in the past. According to Western Meteor Physics Group’s data analysis, Earth is now approaching within 30,000,000 km of its center, the closest such encounter since 1975.
There is no imminent threat of bombardment by meteors for now, but astronomers want to know if it could be a problem, particularly when Earth passes directly through the meteor swarm in November 2032. twice per year. The events produce the Beta Taurids meteor shower from June 5 to July 18, and then the North and South Taurids meteor showers in late October.
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