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House-size asteroid will pass between Earth and moon on May 21

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing…

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NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday certainly won’t be a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes will be on NASA’s asteroid-studying…

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We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it’s probably ‘suburban,’ too

The asteroid 2024 YR4 — the one that caused a stir earlier this year due to its potential collision course…

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Dinosaurs’ apparent decline before asteroid due to bad fossil records

Reconstruction of North America roughly 66 million years ago Davide Bonadonna Dinosaurs likely weren’t declining before an asteroid wiped them…

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Hit the Moon, Measles Cases Rise, and States Sue HHS

American Lifespans, Monkeys That Yodel, Measles, and More States sue HHS for public health cuts, measles cases continue to rise,…

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JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid

JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially…

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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous “city-killer”…

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

There is a small chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking the moon ESA/NASA For a brief period earlier this year,…

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How Planetary Defenders Planned to Stop That City-Killer Asteroid

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a…

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‘Potentially hazardous’ pyramid-size asteroid will make its closest flyby of Earth for more than 100 years this Wednesday

A “potentially hazardous” pyramid-size asteroid is about to zoom past Earth at around 48,000 mph (77,300 km/h) this week as…

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