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Turns Out Earth Is Safe from Asteroid 2024 YR4, but What About the Moon?
Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance ...
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Asteroid that once threatened Earth may target the Moon
YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.
JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth
2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Sparks Global Alert – Now It Might Hit the Moon Instead
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
Asteroid YR4 won’t hit Earth, but scientists can’t rule out a moon hit
There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...
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NASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threat
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat ...
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 ...
Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the Moon
This information is crucial for better predicting the asteroid's future trajectory, and ultimately refining its impact probability," says Gray. "Our recent ... was one of the most fast-acting ...