While the asteroid won’t hit the Earth, it does have a small chance of crashing into the moon on Dec. 22, 2032. According to NASA, the current probability of the asteroid colliding with the moon ...
there's an even smaller chance that it might crash into the moon instead. On Feb. 7, NASA scientists increased the likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 ...
An asteroid crashing into Earth in an illustration ... But what happens if this city-killer asteroid hits the Moon instead? According to David Rankin, an operations engineer at the University ...
During this celestial event, the moon will slip into Earth's shadow for 65 minutes, taking on a deep reddish hue in what’s often called a "blood moon." While the eclipse will be visible ...
If the asteroid collided with the Moon, Earth would be largely unaffected ... Nasa has repeatedly changed estimates on whether the asteroid will crash into Earth. Astronomers first noticed ...
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies ... chance of about 0.3 per cent of the 90-metre-wide asteroid crashing onto the Moon. Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth ...
A lunar eclipse is when the sun, moon and Earth align allowing for the moon to pass into Earth's shadow. A total lunar eclipse will be visible across America, giving Florida a view of the rare ...
SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup ...
announcing that odds of YR4 impacting Earth have fallen to .004% when it passes by on Dec. 22, 2032. In fact, YR4 now has a higher chance of crashing into the moon that year, with odds standing at ...
A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar orbit about a month into its spaceflight.