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The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...
A giant asteroid is approaching Earth on 31 July; NASA says it's a 95-foot, airplane-sized rock
NASA reports that asteroid 2025 ME92 will soon pass Earth. It measures about 95 feet wide and moves at 11,831 miles per hour.
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching the Earth Today
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA alert! 95-foot asteroid 2025 ME92 to fly past Earth on July 31 at 11,000 mph; should we be worried
A massive asteroid is heading towards Earth, but there's no need to panic—at least not yet. Measuring roughly 95 feet wide, asteroid 2025 ME92 is expected to make its closest approach on July 31, ...
Asteroid size of 10-storey building to fly past Earth at 13,900mph today
The US space agency confirmed that YS5 poses no threat to our planet – but at 120ft in diameter, similar in size to a ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid hurtling toward moon — this is the ...
Astronomers have upped the odds that "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into the Moon, ... Published June 19, 2025, 9:57 a.m. ET. Our world could still be rocked indirectly.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 chances to hit Moon go up - New York Post
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. ... Published June 11, 2025, 5:24 a.m. ET.
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From asteroid mining to space rustling—what do we do when an asteroid ...
More information: Evie Kendal et al, Technical Challenges and Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) for Asteroid Mining and Planetary Defense, Aerospace (2025). DOI: 10.3390/aerospace12060544 ...