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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 ...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...
Initial sightings of Asteroid 2032 YR4 were tricky, but tracking has gotten better, helping us understand its path. New data, ...
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 ...
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, ...