An asteroid skimming just 200 miles above the planet sounds like science fiction, yet recent flybys have come uncomfortably close to that mark. Several small space rocks have threaded the gap between ...
If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...
An asteroid the size of a 10-story building could collide with the Moon ...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, February 6The bright star Sirius dominates the southern sky ...
Slow-moving objects in the sky have usually been put there by people. For example, in 2017 I got queries about what proved to be a giant Nasa balloon, launched from Wānaka, lit up by the setting sun ...
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Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...
Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...
The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
Fireballs are bright meteors and can be yellow, blue, red, green and sometimes violet. Fast-moving meteors are frequently ...
Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...