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NASA considers nuking asteroid 2024 YR4 to save the Moon from impact
September 30, 2025 9:45 am
Researchers say we can use two 100-kiloton nuclear bombs to destroy the asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the Moon.
Asteroid KY26 smaller and faster than believed, posing new challenge for Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission
September 20, 2025 9:33 am
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 mission is currently on an extended journey that will take it to KY26 in 2031.
Once feared to hit in 2089, skyscrapper-sized asteroid will pass by Earth: How to watch live
September 19, 2025 12:42 pm
The asteroid named 2025 FA22 was once categorised as potentially hazardous and is said to fly by Earth on September 12.
Tracking 'doomsday rocks': How scientists keep guard against surprise strikes
August 01, 2025 4:22 pm
From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we stop the next one?
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Moon in 2032, debris could pose risk to Earth’s satellites
June 20, 2025 1:42 pm
A potential lunar collision with asteroid 2024 YR4 could eject high-speed debris toward Earth, endangering our satellite networks.
City-killer asteroids orbiting near Venus could someday hit Earth without warning, says study
June 09, 2025 9:19 am
These 20 "city killer" asteroids, each over 140 metres in size, could potentially be on a future collision course with Earth.
Four asteroids, including a stadium-sized one, speeding towards Earth
May 23, 2025 9:40 am
NASA has tracked four asteroids set to safely fly past Earth between May 23 and 25, including one the size of a stadium.
Scientists say asteroid 'Vesta' might be a piece of a planet that no longer exists
May 19, 2025 12:29 pm
A new study by Michigan State University researchers suggest that Vesta isn’t a protoplanet but a chunk of an ancient, lost world.
‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will likely impact Moon, not Earth: Here’s why
April 04, 2025 12:26 pm
Scientists predict that the impact of the collision will be 500 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.
US space mining company to target mineral-rich asteroid this week
February 25, 2025 8:29 am
AstroForge will launch its second spacecraft, Odin, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 26.
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