If an incoming asteroid hits the moon, it will be visible from Earth, according to a new study

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance ...

'An amazing experience': What was the bright blue-green object in Florida sky?

Fireballs are bright meteors and can be yellow, blue, red, green and sometimes violet. Fast-moving meteors are frequently ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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What might happen if we blew up an asteroid?

Not like we don't have enough things on our mind...but in case you don't, "What If we blew up an asteroid?".
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A 200-foot asteroid has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon in 2032—and we could see it

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...
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Asteroid impact with Moon would produce visible flash, followed by meteor storms

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

Could a NASA-tracked asteroid make you a billionaire? Why scientists are shocked by 'Psyche'

Psyche! You could be a billionaire soon. An asteroid discovered by NASA has the potential to set every human for life with ...

What we know about asteroid worth £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 that could make everyone on Earth billionaire

Psyche is often said to be worth around £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 based on estimates of how much metal it may contain. This ...

Scientist made admission about true value of £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 asteroid after NASA launched mission

NASA launched a mission to an asteroid a scientist estimated could be worth up a ridiculous amount, but they later made an ...

"Space Dust" shows how life bounced back fast after dinosaur-killing asteroid

A new scientific study reveals that life recovered much faster than expected after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

From deer to chickadees: How fewer social encounters could raise extinction risk

Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact ...
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Deep space, dim objects: Why asteroid mining caught the Space Force’s eye

In national security space, “dim objects” typically refer to satellites or debris that emit little energy and are hard to see with traditional sensors. Detecting and characterizing them is already ...