Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
NASA flags an asteroid, the odds shift, and better tracking usually turns worry into a clean miss. The system improves each ...
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A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...
If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...
Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...
The space rock is hurtling toward the Earth at a zippy 8,478 miles per hour miles per hour, according to the space agency.
A small asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, sparking moonquakes, glowing craters and meteor showers, while scientists debate whether to stop it or watch a rare cosmic experiment unfold.