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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 ...
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Do you remember asteroid 2024 YR4? It has changed course, and has a new target
YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...
New observations show the asteroid that won’t hit Earth resembles a spinning hockey puck
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...
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Asteroid feared to be on course for Earth could now hit the moon instead, say experts
New insights from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggested that the asteroid may be on a crash trajectory with the Moon instead.
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Scientists Give New Update On “City Destroying” Asteroid—But Don’t Worry!
NASA shares update on potential for city-destroying asteroid and says the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth are very slim.
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...
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New study reveals hydrothermal system in crater created by asteroid that killed dinosaurs lasted 700,000 years
A hydrothermal system near the coast of Mexico, caused by the same asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs, lasted 700,000 ...
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 ...
Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
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New study suggests early Earth was not as dry as believed
New research has uncovered that early Earth may have contained far more hydrogen than previously thought, potentially ...
NASA Shares Planetary Defense Strategy to Protect Earth From Potential Asteroid Strikes
NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...