The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about
Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.
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Asteroid headed for Earth 'could hit Moon', astronomer says
A 90-metre-long asteroid has a chance of slamming into the moon and missing Earth in 2035, despite earlier calculations suggesting it could hit our planet ... with December 2023 when there ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
The OSIRIS-REx sample, the largest ever returned to Earth (in September 2023), contained organic ... "It is a potentially hazardous asteroid that may still hit the moon in 2032, and even if ...
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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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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?
For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically ... km in diameter on the moon, with another 700,000 ...
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The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about
A large asteroid known ... closer to Earth than the Moon, which in astronomical terms sounds like a near miss. It is likely that others, albeit much smaller, have hit us or burned up in the ...