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A huge asteroid that was feared to be on a collision course with Earth in 2032 could instead smash into the Moon, according ...
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.
NASA’s asteroid-hunting Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope ... Most if not all dangerously sized asteroids will miss the planet. The hope is that, with these next-gen telescopes, the ...
MetaBallStudios / SWNS While there’s still a 96.2% chance the asteroid will miss the satellite completely ... according to experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...
Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...
The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.
A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
Once declared to be on a collision course with Earth, an asteroid dubbed a “city killer” is now expected to miss the planet.
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...
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