Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...
Giant Asteroid 2014 TN17- twice the size of Taj Mahal racing toward Earth: NASA issues alert
TN17 will safely pass Earth this time, NASA's warning serves as a reminder of the lurking dangers in space. Scientists and ...
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Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say
New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted ... not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock could create a ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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A 500-foot- wide space rock could inflict mass casualties across a state or a small country; those arrive every 20,000 years.
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Odds of a giant asteroid hitting Earth have slightly increased. Where could 2024 YR4 hit?
The process has begun to unfold since the asteroid was first spotted late last year on a potential collision course with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Initially, the odds of impact fluctuated around 1% ...
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Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Astronomers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa discovered an asteroid in 2024 that had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in 2032. The asteroid, 2024 YR4 ...
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How "asteroid detectives" are protecting Earth from potentially dangerous impacts: "Find them before they find you"
Astronomers believe that 14,000 undiscovered near-Earth objects like asteroids ... that could potentially be used to counter an asteroid heading for our planet. "It's the only natural disaster ...