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Scientists Believe an Asteroid Might Crash Into the Moon in 2032, a Once-in-5,000-Year Event A recently discovered asteroid ...
"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...
Here's everything to know about the James Webb Space Telescope, and what it captured on its three-year anniversary observing the cosmos. To mark Webb's third year of operations, NASA shared an image ...
Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.
A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.
Initial sightings of Asteroid 2032 YR4 were tricky, but tracking has gotten better, helping us understand its path. New data, ...
NASA's retired Space Shuttle Discovery could be on the move from Virginia to Texas under a provision in the GOP's so-called ...
Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...
Now while this asteroid is no where close to being big enough to actually knock the Moon off it's orbital path, it could send ...