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The Earth has been hit by asteroids many times before and will be in the future.

The most well-known impact was about 65 million years ago, which wiped out the dinosaurs.

The last major impact was in 1908, the Tunguska event, which occurred in Siberia, Russia.

The Earth's atmosphere is "hit" by an asteroid with as much power as the Hiroshima atomic bomb about once a year but they are annihilated because of the heat and pressure.

Note: This answer is about asteroids, not meteoroids or comets.

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