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The Asteroid That Was Predicted to Hit Earth: See It in a New Image
A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
See what the asteroid that we thought might hit Earth looks like
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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Asteroid feared to be on course for Earth could now hit the moon instead, say experts
New insights from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggested that the asteroid may be on a crash trajectory with the ...
City-killer asteroid won’t hit earth, but might slam into moon in 2032
YR4, once considered a potential Earth threat, now poses a 3.8% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. Initially, NASA flagged a ...
Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues
An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...
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 ...
The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
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Fact Check: What Happens if Asteroid 2024 YR4 Actually Hits the Moon?
The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit
A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...
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Dangerous Asteroid That Might Hit The Moon Has A Very Unusual Origin
Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...
Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to ...
City-killer asteroid chances of hitting Moon increase slightly
The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.