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The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.
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 ...
But another possibility is that the Moon would take the hit, according to David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey asteroid hunting group, who put the chance of it whacking our satellite at 0.3%.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even ...
If a meteoroid (our new, much larger, pebble analogue) happens to hit a surface which is particularly soft, like a moon which is mostly rubble, that meteoroid can pass through quite a bit of that ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...
A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north with a mini ...
In fact, it’s been smacked by Geminids before—according to a 2015 NASA study, the Moon was hit by 19 Geminids in 2006 and impacted by 21 in 2010. Nevertheless, the recent footage may show such ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but there’s a very slight chance the moon could take the hit. Based on current observations, there is a 2.1 per cent chance that the ...
Starlink satellites are at risk if a “city killer” asteroid crashes into the Moon, experts have warned. The European Space ...
An investigation into a small plane crash over the weekend off the coast of Half Moon Bay continued Tuesday with investigators now saying they believe four people were onboard. Sources tell NBC ...
Actress Chelsea Handler claimed that she thought the sun and moon of our solar system were the same celestial body until she went on a trip to Africa with her sister at age 40.