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Scientists Say the Moon Was Once a Giant Ocean of Molten Rock
For decades, scientists have pieced together the moon’s history using samples from its near side, collected during NASA’s Apollo missions. But then in May 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission touched down ...
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How did Earth get such a strange moon? Exploring the giant impact theory
The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...
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Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate 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 ...
USA Today29d
Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 reach highest levels ever
Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will ...
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An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...
Detroit Free Press29d
Is an asteroid going to hit Earth in 2032? Probably not, but here's what experts say
An asteroid's chances of hitting the Earth in 2032 have risen again to over 3%. Experts say not to worry for now, as chances the asteroid will miss the Earth stand at nearly 97%. Astronomers now ...
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Odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fall. What scientists now say about 2024 YR4
The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.
Los Angeles Times29d
The chances of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 have changed. But what’s the risk, really?
The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts aren’t preparing for the worst yet. At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
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 ...
The Hill29d
Asteroid hurtling toward Earth? Odds for impact keep increasing
Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale Asteroid's impact risk corridor spans multiple continents NASA telescope will get closer look at object in March Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches ...