Asteroid alert: small space rock to crash into Earth's atmosphere in 30 minutes — September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT)

Sep 04, 2024

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Asteroid CAQTDL2 moving through space within the purple circle (Catalina Sky Survey)

Asteroid CAQTDL2 will strike Earth's atmosphere on September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT).

Discovered just eight hours ago by research technologist Jacqueline Fazekas at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, the 1-meter long CAQTDL2 will slam into the Earth's atmosphe…

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