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THE odds of a "city killer" asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was feared to be on a deadly collision course with our planet, with the chance ...

told the New Scientist a moon smash could "eject some material back out that could hit the Earth". For a few weeks, the world watched in horror as the probability of a "city killer" asteroid ...

“At this writing, a 2032 impact with the Moon has not been ruled out,” astronomers, including Andy Rivkin from Johns Hopkins University, write in a new study. Images of the asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers ...

While the chance is still small, the updated forecast does note an increased impact risk that the city-killer asteroid will strike the Moon. Originally discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 ...

Pixabay The threat of a so-called 'city killer' asteroid ... altered the Moon's landscape for ages. These collisions are also responsible for craters on Earth. The American Museum of Natural ...

A so-called “city-killer” asteroid once feared to be on a collision course with Earth could instead crash into the Moon, according to updated observations by NASA scientists. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

April's full moon is coming soon, bringing Easter with it. In March, the United States saw a "Blood Worm Moon," the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years. April's full Pink Moon ...

has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close approach to Earth and the moon in December 2032.

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears ... most powerful telescope ever launched into space -- to capture photos of the asteroid, the space agency ...