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Could an asteroid hit the moon? NASA says chances have risen
The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...
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 ...
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NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032
YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...
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This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future.
Bennu has practically no chance of hitting Earth then, but depending on precisely when and where Bennu makes its close approach, our planet’s gravity could tweak the asteroid’s orbit enough to ...
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NASA Warns of Imminent Asteroid Impact: The Latest Study Shows It's Coming
NASA is preparing for a potential asteroid impact, and a recent study has revealed some startling information about what’s ...
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Why NASA plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid
An enormous asteroid—big enough to leave a six-mile-wide crater and darken the world with dust if it hit Earth—will harmlessly zip by our planet on April 29. The object, called 1998 OR2 ...
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City-Killer Asteroid Was Confirmed to Pose No Risk to Earth, but NASA Predicts It Might Hit the Moon in 2032
This same asteroid, once regarded as the highest-impact threat to Earth ever recorded, is now shifting attention to our lunar ...