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We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably 'suburban,' tooShortly after its discovery late last year, astronomers calculated that 2024 YR4 had a 1.3% chance (1-in-83) of impacting ...
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Space.com on MSN'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response planLindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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Live Science on MSN'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers sayThe once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...
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Green Matters on MSNFact Check: What Happens if Asteroid 2024 YR4 Actually Hits the Moon?The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...
Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
NASA and international scientists closely tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a rare 3 percent collision probability with Earth. Although the threat has now diminished, the incident ...
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YR4, once feared to hit Earth, may now strike the Moon in 2032, with NASA tracking its path using the Webb Telescope., ...
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 for the first time; previously thought to have a ...
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