Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer a threat? Will it ever hit the Earth? Here’s what ESA has revealed
The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the directors discretionary ...
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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027
NEO Surveyor will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast no earlier than September 2027. The total value ...
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Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks!'
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting our planet are now zero. Last week, it was the riskiest asteroid to hit our planet ...
Will an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? Here's what we know
NASA announced that the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had been recalculated thanks to additional data, and now ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
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Risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth, Moon low: Scientists
The risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth and Moon in December 2032 is relatively low, said scientists on Monday. The ...
Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...
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‘Threat-to-Earth’: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch NASA’s asteroid hunter telescope
NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an advanced asteroid hunter telescope that will detect and observe asteroids that could pose ...
A Jumping Lunar Robot Is About to Explore a Pitch-Black Moon Crater for the First Time
Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south pole and attempt something ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may be a dud, but we will soon find many more threats
In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...
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An active February and an asteroid watch
It’s been a snowier-than-average February in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Northwest. As of the weekend, about two feet of snow has fallen at Cliff’s station this month, compared to a ...
Oort cloud resembles a galaxy, new study finds
A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a ...