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The Asteroid That Was Predicted to Hit Earth: See It in a New Image
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two cameras, including the Near-Infrared Camera and ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...
See what the asteroid that we thought might hit Earth looks like
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...
Webb Zooms In on Building-Sized Asteroid Once Feared to Hit Earth – And It’s Stranger Than Expected
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
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'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 plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
Major update on 2024 YR4 Asteroid as scientists DOUBLE chances of it smashing into Moon
YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought ...
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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.
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We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably 'suburban,' too
Proctor James Webb Space Telescope images of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken with the telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) ...
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Glitch forces Japan's asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective 'safe mode' in deep space
The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective "safe mode" while journeying through deep space.
NASA Alert: Massive 370-ft asteroid, as big as a 35-storey building, to zoom past Earth today
KU is about 113 metres wide, nearly as tall as a 35-storey building. It is currently travelling at over 64,800 kilometres per ...
NASA projects asteroid more likely to strike moon than earth
NASA has revised its projections for asteroid 2024 YR4, now indicating a higher probability of a lunar impact in 2032—though ...