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NASA Tracking Car-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
NASA doubles odds of Moon hitting near-Earth asteroid
"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4’s ...
Webb Zooms In on Building-Sized Asteroid Once Feared to Hit Earth – And It’s Stranger Than Expected
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 size of a 10-story building; increases chances of moon impact
NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.
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‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course toward the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit
Previous reports also were off about the asteroid’s size, claiming it would have a diameter between 40 and 90 meters, however, Rivkin’s study determined a more exact measurement of 60 meters ...
Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon
YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
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NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
If an asteroid this size were to collide with Earth, the scale of damage would depend greatly on where exactly it struck—and the angle of entry through the atmosphere, which affects the energy ...