Asteroid YR4 poses 4% chance of hitting moon in 2032; NASA explores deflection plan

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

NASA warns of back-to-back asteroid approaches: What to expect and what it means for Earth

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...
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NASA ALERT: Four Giant Asteroids Racing Toward Earth – What It Means For The Planet And What To Expect

Four near-Earth asteroids are set to make close approaches to Earth within a 24-hour period, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed. Scientists stress that all four objects will pass ...
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Potential asteroid impact on Moon in 2032 could trigger massive meteor shower on Earth

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there ...

What comets and asteroids reveal about life, death, and the unknown

Life on Earth may have begun with a gift from a comet. Its existence was once threatened by an asteroid. Its future may ...
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Data for Boulder Diversity in the Nightingale Region of Asteroid (101955) Bennu and Predictions for Physical Properties of the OSIRIS-REx Sample

Jawin, Erica R., Ballouz, Ronald, Ryan, Andrew, Kaplan, Hannah, Al Asad, Manar M., Molaro, Jamie, Rozitis, Benjamin, Keller, Lindsay, and McCoy, Timothy J. 2023 ...
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Inside NASA’s Wild Space Mission to Defend Earth Against a Planet-Killing Asteroid

On the count of three, engineers in the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory control room erupt in cheers. It’s early fall 2022, and amid rows of computer monitors and a dozen television screens, ...