New Scientist5d
There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...
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Asteroid impact carved two Grand Canyon-sized valleys on the Moon in under 10 minutes
Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...
WOOD-TV6d
Why it’s good for NASA that an asteroid carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That’s good news ...
ITV5d
Asteroid 2024 YR4: When exactly could the asteroid hit Earth and what would happen if it did?
A newly-discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher chance ... That is around twice the distance of the Moon. Even if 2024 YR4 did collide with Earth, scientists currently aren't expecting ...
Indiatimes6d
NASA confirms a 17-foot asteroid speeding past Earth today—here’s what you need to know!
which is more than five times the distance to the Moon. So, even though it’s close in space terms, we’re perfectly safe. You might wonder why experts are tracking an asteroid that isn't a ...
ECOticias.com5d
1-in-83 chance: NASA keeps an eye on an asteroid already close to Earth
about three times the distance between Earth and the Moon. While that may sound far, in terms of the cosmos, it’s a close approach. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) kept close track ...
CBS News3d
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
Knowridge6d
The moon has two grand canyons, carved in minutes by an asteroid impact
The site is the Schrödinger basin near the Moon’s South Pole. It formed when an asteroid or possibly even a leftover planetesimal slammed into the surface. It took only minutes to dig out that ...