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Asteroid that's concerned NASA for years could hit moon

The Return of 2024 YR4: The Asteroid Once Threatening Earth Now Poised for Close Call With the Moon in 2032

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile.

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NASA reveals 'city-killer' asteroid has greater chance of hitting Moon than Earth

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Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections

Asteroid speck at Field Museum could hold key to life

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Tiny fragment of asteroid giving Field Museum scientists a glimpse 4.6 billion years into the past

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, but will give scientists the chance to study an asteroid sample uncontaminated by Earth's atmosphere.

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Asteroid speck at the Field Museum could hold the key to life

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Field Museum receives tiny chunk of asteroid

This is the asteroid that could crash into the Moon in 2032 and leave a crater visible from Earth

By February 2024, NASA had ruled out any Earth strike. The updated odds dropped to near zero, and 2024 YR4 was officially ...

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This asteroid won't strike Earth. Here's why NASA is still watching.

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032. The good news? It's not coming for ...

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250-foot asteroid is zooming past Earth today—Should you worry?

NASA reports a 250-ft building-sized asteroid, 2015 XR1, is passing Earth today at an incredible speed of 45,529 km/h.

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Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million ...

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NASA Plucked an Asteroid From Space. Now Researchers at the Field Will Probe It for Signs of the Origin of Life

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...

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What If the Apophis Asteroid Collided with Earth? Understanding the Consequences

Asteroid Apophis is one of the most talked-about near-Earth objects, known for its close flybys and the potential risk it poses to our planet. Discovered in 2004, this asteroid has captured the ...

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