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But if hazardous objects can be detected years in advance, other techniques like a kinetic impactor can be used, he added.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

Zolotov added that no trace had been found of the impactor that must have collided with the Earth.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

“I don't think the impactor material would be completely mixed, but the amount of mixing that has occurred is underestimated in this study,” adds geodynamicist Maxim Ballmer of University College London.

From National Geographic • Nov. 1, 2023

"Since this new crater is close to the Luna-25 estimated impact point, the LRO team concludes it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor."

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

"Every couple of weeks, it seems like there's some CGI video that goes viral showing the Earth being destroyed by some massive cosmic impactor," Brande added.

From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2023