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Asteroid May Hit Satellites And Cause Spectacular Shooting Stars — What To Know
YR4 may strike the moon in 2032, posing risks to satellites from lunar ejecta and possibly causing a brief meteor shower.
Colossal asteroid could damage thousands of Earth’s satellites with ‘bullet speed’ rocks if it hits Moon, experts warn
A COLOSSAL asteroid on a collision course with the Moon could damage thousands of satellites and send shrapnel blasting ...
Deep space asteroid sample contains unexpected ingredient
Experts know from past experiments that djerfisherite can be created when potassium-rich fluids and iron-nickel sulfides ...
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Asteroid once feared to strike Earth in 2032 may now crash into the moon instead
When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...
"Like an atomic bomb explosion": warning of possible asteroid impact on the moon
YR₄ is no longer a direct threat to us, but it could still hit the moon. Researchers have determined what this would mean for ...
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Asteroid Likely to Hit Moon in 2032, Sending Debris Toward Earth: Study
A giant asteroid could crash into the moon in 2032, potentially sending debris hurtling toward Earth, scientists have warned.
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Asteroid collision with moon in 2032 may threaten satellites, researchers warn
The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4.3% chance of hitting the Moon, potentially releasing 100 million kilograms of debris ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid hurtling toward moon — this is the terrifying way it could wreak havoc on Earth
Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of ...
From asteroid mining to space rustling—what do we do when an asteroid threatens Earth?
Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...
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Asteroid on collision course with moon could fire shrapnel at Earth
Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? NASA says chances have risen
The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...
Tiny fragment of asteroid giving Field Museum scientists a glimpse 4.6 billion years into the past
The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...