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YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
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Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent ...
Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact probability with Earth means.
An asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032 could trigger a gigantic explosion that would send debris streaming ...
UK lawmakers have learned there is no international protocol for making decisions over how to respond to a prospective ...
Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...
Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...