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 ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out ...
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Jupiter News
Sep. 3, 2024 — Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact ...
Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could ... as big as a football field – to determine ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory ... field—to determine that it will not hit. However, an impact on the moon cannot be ruled out. Then in January of this ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the Moon, raising concerns for future lunar missions; here’s what NASA says
Asteroid 2024 YR4’s once-in-thousand-years Moon impact poses future risks If asteroid 2024 YR4 were to hit the Moon, it would be an extremely rare phenomenon. According to Lindley Johnson ...
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
The small, lumpy moon Deimos ... will not reach the asteroid -- which is 11 million kilometres (seven million miles) from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter -- until late 2026.
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A European spacecraft en route to study an asteroid collision captured rare images of Mars' moon Deimos. The HERA mission aims to assess the impact of NASA's ...
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European ...