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Earth may be safe from an impact by the asteroid 2024 YR4, but it still has a chance of striking the moon. This lunar impact could pose a risk to space tech and astronauts.
"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" ...
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
NASA confirms the approach of asteroid 2025 MG1, an airplane-sized space rock traveling at 16,048 miles per hour towards ...
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MG1 is approaching. The space rock, roughly 130 feet wide, will pass Earth on July 12.
Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in ...
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses 2032 asteroid collision 05:14. An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ...
There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of alarm because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth – an event that would be catastrophic, even if it wouldn't cause a mass extinction.