Depending on the size of the space rock, an asteroid impact could be an extinction level event and researchers have created simulations to see how bad it could be.
If you’ve seen the Netflix film Don’t Look Up, you may be concerned about potential asteroid impacts.Scientists think the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was about 7.5 miles wide.
If an asteroid that size hit Earth today, things would instantly change due to the force of the impact and its knock on effect on the environment. Experts think we’d experience fires, shock waves, heat radiation, a large crater, acid rain and giant tsunamis if the asteroid hits water., an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Beloit College, told Inverse: “All of the ash from the fires and all of the finer-grain debris from the impact will hang out in the atmosphere for a long time, and we get what’s called an impact winter.Scientists think the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was about 7.5 miles wide.
“You could maybe ride it out in a bunker if you’ve got the supplies to make it through that period of winter where you can’t grow any edible food. “Maybe the finicky crops that humans like to grow won’t come through it so well, but there’s that seed repository, so if those are well-protected enough, you could get agriculture restarted.”Some experts are worried that Earth isn’t yet ready to defend itself from potentially deadly asteroids. by tweeting: “a big rock will hit Earth eventually & we currently have no defense.
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