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Chances of City-Killer Asteroid Impacting the Moon Raised from 3.8 to 4.3 Percent
Learn about the increased impact probability of 2024 YR4, an asteroid that has a small chance to hit the Moon in 2032.
The mother of all meteor showers could threaten satellites
Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...
From asteroid mining to space rustling—what do we do when an asteroid threatens Earth?
Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...
Webb Telescope Raises Moon Impact Odds for “City-Killer” Asteroid 2024 YR4
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently made a final observation of asteroid 2024 YR4 before it drifted out of range. This rare data update refined the asteroid’s projected path and revealed a ...
James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...
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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 ...
Scientists Are Getting Closer to Finding Evidence of the Fifth Force
One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...
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Piece of pristine asteroid gives Field Museum scientists a look billions of years into the past
Scientists at the Field Museum can now get a glimpse of 4.5 billion years into the past. This is because the museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of a pristine asteroid. The little black ...
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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 ...
Tiny fragment of asteroid giving Field Museum scientists a glimpse 4.6 billion years into the past
The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...
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 ...
NASA Raises Odds Of City-Killer Asteroid Smashing Into The Moon
What was once dubbed a potential 'city-killer' asteroid for Earth has now had its sights redefined. New observations from ...