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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...
An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to ...
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City-killer asteroid could strike the Moon instead of Earth, reports claim
A city-killer asteroid is currently on NASA’s radar because it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. However, new reports suggest that it could hit the Moon instead. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...
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See images of the ‘city-killer’ asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth
The asteroid also has a 0.3% chance of hitting the moon as well. Despite the potential for devastation, Bolin claimed that he finds “YR4 to be extremely exciting” due to “the scientific ...
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Earth could be saved from ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024YR4 by it hitting MOON instead…& we’d see 8 megaton blast from here
THE MOON could save Earth by blocking a devastating asteroid which is big enough to wipe out a city. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is the size of a football pitch and has a 1-in-43 chance of a catastrophic ...
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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
the moon has been subject to countless asteroid bombardments, as can be seen by its crater-pocked surface. However, if the moon were to take the hit from 2024 YR4, it would be left with a crater ...
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Chance of a Recently-Discovered Asteroid Hitting Earth in 2032 Has More Than Doubled, According to NASA
Getty The possibility of a recently-discovered asteroid striking Earth has doubled within the past several weeks, according to NASA. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 ...
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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead. An asteroid that's big enough ...
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Odds of a giant asteroid hitting Earth have slightly increased. Where could 2024 YR4 hit?
Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. The International Asteroid Warning Network put out a list of possible impact locations, which ranges from ...
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NASA more than doubles chance that asteroid could hit Earth in 2032
said in a post on Bluesky that Asteroid 2024 YR4 is calculated to have an approximate 0.3 percent chance of hitting the moon instead of Earth. Updated animation of 2024 YR4 as of Feb 11 ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
That one was estimated to be about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter and marked the last known large asteroid to hit our world. Planet killer asteroids are space rocks that are 1 kilometer ...