Is the Moon at risk from asteroid 2024 YR4? Here’s what you need to know
Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a significant threat to Earth. NASA now considers the risk minimal. There is still a 1% ...
City-killer asteroid could strike the Moon instead of Earth, reports claim
New reports suggest that the city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon instead of Earth when it passes by again in ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
Will 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 destroy the Moon? Here's what scientists are saying about Earth's safety
YR4 continues to captivate global attention as NASA tracks its path, lowering the risk of Earth impact to 0.28%, but concerns ...
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Risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth, Moon low: Scientists
The risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth and Moon in December 2032 is relatively low, said scientists on Monday.
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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...
NASA’s New Asteroid Data Changes Everything – And the Moon Might Pay the Price
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...
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2032 asteroid now has a higher chance of striking the Moon than Earth
YR4 has grabbed headlines lately, after NASA calculated a 1-in-32 chance of an impact in 2032 – the highest chance ever for ...
NASA on Asteroid 2024 YR4: Earth is safe, but what about the Moon? Here’s what you need to know!
Media reports suggest that NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) remains committed to keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. Even w ...
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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...
That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all
With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon. That ...