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Odds of a Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Hitting the Moon Are Increasing, and Scientists Are All for It
NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an asteroid recently discovered by scientists hitting the Moon are increasing, and the prospect has astronomers excited instead of alarmed.
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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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
Just when you thought you could relax about putative 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ... estimates of an impact in 2032 rose to 3.1 percent, which may not seem very high, but it's high enough ...
An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won ... Earth anytime soon – with its probability of impact even rising to a record level of 3.1%. That began to change in late February as more precise ...
Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it
Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — that's an impact risk of around 1%. Experts urged caution, though ...
A “city killer” asteroid ... found it may make impact elsewhere: the moon. The football field-sized asteroid’s odds of striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, jumped from 1.7% in late February ...
Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...
That's a small increase from the 1.7% chance ... would happen if an asteroid of this size were to strike the moon. However, according to NASA, if the asteroid were to impact the Moon, it would ...
The asteroid, which had a 3.1% chance to hit Earth at one point, created plenty of headlines about the potential of impact. The threat is all but gone, but now we have pictures of the once ...
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