News

CNET on MSN6d
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 ...
Space on MSN1d
'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
A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
Asteroid With 3.8% Chance of Hitting the Moon Originated From an Unusual Spot
Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.
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 ...
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.
Chance of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon DOUBLES – & it could have terrifying consequences for Earth
THE odds of a “city killer” asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was ...
The New York Sun13d
Odds of a Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Hitting the Moon Are Increasing, and Scientists Are All for It
NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an ...
New Scientist1d
The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it ...
How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...
"City-killer" asteroid has slim chance of striking moon, experts say
YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.
City-killer asteroid chances of hitting Moon increase slightly
The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.
4 Years To Go! ESA Shows How Asteroid Apophis Will Swing Past Earth In 2029
About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...