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Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon
YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
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The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb. James Webb Space Telescope gets images of asteroid Webb turned its eye toward YR4 on March 8. The ESA then shared a collage of three ...
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Odds of a Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Hitting the Moon Are Increasing, and Scientists Are All for It
Scientists say that if the asteroid does end up hitting the Moon, they estimate that it could create a crater about a kilometer across, but say it wouldn’t alter its orbit and would have little ...
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Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
The Moon has likely endured thousands of asteroid impacts during its 4.5-billion-year history, but it’s not yet clear what would happen if asteroid 2024 YR4 strikes our natural satellite.
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City-killer asteroid chances of hitting Moon increase slightly
NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 ... which is when astronomers hope to learn more about its risk of impacting the Moon. Until then, all we can do is speculate about the risks.
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"City-killer" asteroid has slim chance of striking moon, experts say
It can study faint objects and its data is used by multiple international space agencies. Asteroid impacts have been shaping the moon's surface for billions of years, according to NASA.