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New York Post6d
‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit
A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
People7d
Asteroid Large Enough to Destroy an Entire City Could Still Strike the Moon in 2032, Scientists Say
getty The infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 could still strike the moon in the near future, according to Live Science. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made two planned observations of ...
USA Today6d
The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
Most ominously, while Earth is still safe from the menacing asteroid, the odds that our celestial neighbor, the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb. James Webb Space Telescope ...
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City-killer asteroid chances of hitting Moon increase slightly
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...
The Independent3d
Scientists say ‘city-killer’ asteroid on potential collision course with Moon
But new direct observations of the asteroid by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope suggest a nearly 4 per cent chance of the rock smashing into the Moon. Scientists say that even a 1 per cent ...
Science Daily8d
Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the Moon
The observations were briefly halted due to the full moon drowning out the asteroid's faint signal, but the researchers in Finland were the first to obtain new data following the full moon.
Gizmodo9d
Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
That said, astronomers are unable to rule out a possible impact with the Moon. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile discovered the asteroid on December 27 ...