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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 ...
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NASA reveals 'city-killer' asteroid has greater chance of hitting Moon than Earth
Astronomers initially thought the building-sized 2024 YR4 had a 3% chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, but later ...
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 ...
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 issues worrying update on asteroid heading to the Moon
YR4 is no longer expected to collide with Earth, but NASA now estimates that the Moon may still be in its path. According to ...
Nasa issues shock update on hidden ‘city killer’ asteroid heading towards the Moon in 2032
NASA has upped the odds of a 200ft “city killer” asteroid smashing into the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was once feared ...
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NASA Observations Suggest Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Has 1-In-23 Chance To Hit The Moon In 2032
"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," NASA added in a statement ...
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 ...
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Nasa says asteroid could hit moon in 2032
YR4, which was previously considered the highest recorded impact risk to Earth, has recently attracted attention again due to ...
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 ...
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NASA Plucked an Asteroid From Space. Now Researchers at the Field Will Probe It for Signs of the Origin of Life
A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...
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It’s official – NASA has identified a new type of asteroid in unstable orbit between Venus and Earth that could cause collisions
Until now, the inner Solar System looked like a mostly charted neighborhood. Astronomers tracked thousands of near‑Earth ...