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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 ...
Odds of ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting the Moon go up again
An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash ...
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250-foot asteroid is zooming past Earth today—Should you worry?
NASA reports a 250-ft building-sized asteroid, 2015 XR1, is passing Earth today at an incredible speed of 45,529 km/h.
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Asteroid's odds of hitting the Moon have now more than doubled
A 4.3 per cent of impact still counts as a 95.7 per cent chance that it will miss the Moon. So, with it having no chance of hitting Earth on that date, 2024 YR4 could simply slip through lunar orbit ...
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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China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft sends home 1st photo as it heads for mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid
The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. China has released a ...
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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 - ...
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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 ...