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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." ...
NASA Raises Odds of Asteroid Smacking the Moon in 2032
YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...
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 ...
NASA warns ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 may impact Moon in 2032; Earth stays safe for now
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially a potential threat to Earth, now ...
NASA Warns Of 250-ft Building-Sized Asteroid Passing Earth Today At 45,529 KMPH: Should We Be Worried?
A massive 250-foot asteroid named 2015 XR1 is hurtling past Earth today at over 45,000 kilometres per hour., Science News - ...
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's Lucy Spacecraft Flyby Asteroid Dinkinesh At 10,000 MPH
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer ...
NASA says there's higher chance Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Moon
An asteroid scientists feared would cause havoc by striking the Earth in the year 2032 now has an increased likelihood of ...
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 ...
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 ...
An Asteroid That Was Once A Threat to Earth Could Hit the Moon In 2032, Says NASA
NASA said that Asteroid 2024 YR4, which last year created a buzz over the possibility that it might be a threat to Earth, ...
'City killer' asteroid, headed earlier for Earth, now set to hit moon in 2032? NASA's latest update
Experts at NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies have updated the 2024 YR4’s chance of hitting the Moon in 2032 to 4.3 ...