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Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for Earth and moon

Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) on January 29, 2025. The early calculations predicted an impact probability of 1.

Popular Science · 2d

JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth

The deep space asteroid that recently made headlines for its potential to collide with Earth received its own photoshoot courtesy of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. While the images released on April 2 by the European Space Agency provide a faint glimpse at the sizable meteor,

Forbes · 1d

Asteroid Impact Chances Increase, This Time For The Moon

YR4 poses no threat to humans, unless they're on the moon 8 years from now.

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Earth is in the clear: Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact chances drop to nearly zero

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since its discovery, the asteroid gained global ...

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit Moon

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, ...

'City-Killer' Asteroid Impact Still a Possibility (Just Not With Earth)

The Moon might still be in the asteroid firing line. According to a report led by planetary astronomer Andrew Rivkin of Johns ...

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‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course toward the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

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