Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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What Makes a Moon?
Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Astronomers have already identified roughly 2,500 asteroids ... moon – it will follow our planet around the sun, taking in an exponentially broader view of the field around Earth’s orbit ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
The current orbit shows a somewhat close approach (farther than the moon) in 2052 ... If 2024 YR4 managed to sneak up on us in 2024, can other asteroids also surprise us? The last damaging ...