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Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
This asteroid won't strike Earth. Here's why NASA is still watching.
After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...
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NASA’s First Double Orbiter Changed What We Know About Asteroids
Dawn didn’t just observe Vesta’s giant craters - it mapped the asteroid’s interior and detected signs of a once-active molten core. At Ceres, its spectrometers found ammonia-rich clays and carbonates, ...
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Massive Asteroid Bigger Than the Empire State Building is Racing Toward Earth
On June 5, 2025, a massive asteroid known as 424482 (2008 DG5) is set to pass by Earth. The asteroid, which measures ...