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In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...
The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on December 22 2032 is now approximately 4%, and this probability ...
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent ...
Hawaii risks losing its global astronomy edge and hundreds of employees if the Trump administration’s funding cuts are approved, said John O’Meara, deputy director and chief scientist of the W. M.
A new kind of stellar explosion, far brighter and longer-lasting than supernovae, may help scientists explore the secrets of ...
NASA and ESA scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which is now projected to have a small chance of impacting the Moon ...
YR4 might collide with the Moon in 2031, with a 4.3% chance of impact, according to NASA's updated calculations.
A team of astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic explosion known as extreme nuclear transients that exceeds ...
Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile.
When the asteroid was discovered by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ALERT), it was called ‘city destroyer’ online due to its speed, size, and the possibility of it ...