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NASA alerts Earth to asteroid that could be on a collision path

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...
CT Insider on MSN

Volunteer-run CT observatory is part of a NASA mission to track asteroids and comets

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.
Morning Overview on MSN

NASA tracking bus-size asteroid now hurtling toward Earth

A bus-size asteroid is racing through space on a trajectory that will bring it close to Earth, and NASA is watching it with ...
Yahoo

Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...
Newsweek

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s soaring towards Earth at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to measure ...
Pakistan Today

Scientists track asteroid that could cause unprecedented impact on the Moon

If a collision occurs, scientists estimate it would release energy equivalent to around 6.5 megatons of TNT, making it far more powerful than any previously recorded lunar impact. The strike could ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...
KTLA

How NASA found a ‘city killer’ asteroid’s new potential target: the moon

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid ...
CNN

The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...
Barron's

Amateur Astronomers Help Track Asteroid To French Impact Site

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...