Fact check: A great pyramid size asteroid won't smack into Earth on May 6 - Interesting Engineering

Asteroid 2009 JF1 was on the European Space Agency Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center's notable risk list, as it was thought to have a 1 in 4,000 chance of hitting Earth during a close approach in May.

What would you do if a massive asteroid was coming our way? We've all likely enacted disaster movie scenarios in our heads. Thankfully though, we won't have to witness one on May 6, despite recent r… [+2959 chars]

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