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NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the sky ...
MORE: There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA The asteroid currently has a 1.1% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, 2047, according to NASA.
Science News: Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of impact, potentially ejecti ...
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A sample from the asteroid Bennu, the subject of the 2016 OSIRIS-REx mission, and a “near-Earth asteroid,” has arrived at the Field Museum. Uncontaminated by the Earth’s atmosphere, this ...
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A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which once registered a possibility of hitting Earth, now has a 4.3% chance of hitting the moon in 2032. The latest observations utilized NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, ...