A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth In 2032 — What To Know
A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense groups at the United Nations.
Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network reached the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and from there winged across the planet to government officials.
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more than 20 years.
Asteroid Discovered Close To Earth: Here's What To Know
NASA has identified a newly discovered near-Earth asteroid which has sparked interest due to its potential for impact. According to NASA’s analysis, the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, has a more than one percent chance of colliding with Earth on Wednesday,
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This is the cosmic love story between Pluto and its moon Charon
Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly ...
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A Novel ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon, New Study Suggests
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
“Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ‘hit and run’ or ‘graze and merge,’” said Denton, a NASA postdoctoral program fellow at the Southwest Research Institute in ...
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U of A researchers describe cosmic 'kiss' that bound Pluto to largest moon
University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...
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Space: How Pluto Landed its Moon With a 'Kiss'
This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the University of Arizona, which has identified an entirely new kind of cosmic collision. "Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as ...
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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" ...
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Asteroid the size of Dublin's famous Spire triggers global planetary defence response
A 100 metre wide asteroid is heading towards Earth and has triggered a response from a global defence group after it was ...
Asteroid heading to Earth sparks global defence plan as date of potential impact predicted
A newly-discovered asteroid about 100 metres wide and on a potential collision course with Earth has activated international planetary defence teams ...