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NASA says a lunar impact by this asteroid is unavoidable without action

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit Earth, but it has forced planetary defense experts to confront a different kind of worst case: ...
TechSpot

NASA studies plan to destroy asteroid with nuclear bombs before it can hit the Moon

Let's bomb space: First discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is drawing growing attention from the international space community. Scientists are now exploring options to address this ...
Science Daily

Japanese spacecraft faces a massive challenge from a house-size asteroid

New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

What Does NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office Do?

NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office is responsible for finding and tracking potentially dangerous asteroids before ...
Newsweek

Nuclear Plan Suggested To Prevent Asteroid Hitting The Moon

A newly proposed plan by a team of scientists, including NASA researchers, suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid from striking the moon in 2032. The asteroid, 2024 YR4, once ...

The students who developed a plan to stop Armageddon

In the 1960s, when the possibility of an asteroid impact alarmed the American public for the first time, MIT students drafted ...
NBC Connecticut

Wanted: 3 asteroid watchers for China's ‘planetary defense force'

The successful candidates will be required to research tasks related to near-Earth asteroid monitoring and early warning systems, according to the job description for the three positions, among 16 ...