Asteroid Impacting Moon

Mars, Deimos and Asteroid

Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon

For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It used the opportunity to test some of its scientific instruments, snapping around 600 pictures, including rare ones of Deimos.

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars.

New Scientist on MSN · 1d

Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos

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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...

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Odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fall. What scientists now say about 2024 YR4

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 dropped to near zero, astronomers say. Here's what to know about 2024 YR4.

Space on MSN26d

'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

GB News on MSN15d

'City-killer' asteroid could smash into MOON as Nasa warns probability of impact set to rise further

Nasa has predicted that a Big Ben-sized asteroid could hit the Moon and has given odds for the destructive collision. The ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses threat to Moon, NASA says chances of collision happens once 1,000 years. All details

YR4: Asteroid 2024 YR4 might spare Earth but it poses a threat to Moon. The asteroid that had a good chance of crashing onto ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the Moon, raising concerns for future lunar missions; here’s what NASA says

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it ...

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