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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.

KameraOne on MSN · 12h

Nasa: asteroid no longer threatens Earth, may strike Moon instead in 2032

NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations. NASA will conduct further tracking in 2028 to improve predictions as the asteroid orbits the Sun.

AS USA · 23h

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 cleared from the “worry list.” But just when it seemed the drama was over, astronomers turned their attention to the Moon.

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · 1d

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

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar system and the building blocks of life.

Yahoo · 1d

Field Museum receives tiny chunk of asteroid

The Field Museum is one of the few research institutions in the country that got a piece of an asteroid snagged in space by NASA.

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

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

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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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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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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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