Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...
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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...
Hera Asteroid Probe Spots Mysterious Martian Moon During Flyby
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target. During its brief rendezvous with the Red Planet, Hera caught a glimpse of the ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit the Moon, raising concerns for future lunar missions; here’s what NASA says
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it impacts, it could form a large crater and create meteoroids, affecting ...
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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
The moon, however, may not be in the clear. When first discovered in December, Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a small but notable chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to information from NASA's ...
ESA's space probe captures detailed images of Mars and its mysterious moon
Space probe Hera passed Mars while on its way to the Didymos asteroid system as part of planetary defence mission. View on ...
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NASA on Asteroid 2024 YR4: Earth is safe, but what about the Moon? Here’s what you need to know!
Media reports suggest that NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) remains committed to keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4. Even with the risk to Earth minimized scientists ...
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Astronomers watching 'city-killer' asteroid to determine chance of striking Earth in 2032
On Monday, March 3, NASA reported there is almost no chance the asteroid would strike the Earth in 2032, but there was a 1.7% chance it could strike the moon. "While this asteroid no longer poses ...
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Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say
Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies ... a slim chance of about 0.3 per cent of the 90-metre-wide asteroid crashing onto the Moon. Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the ...
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Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say
New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted to have an increased odds of striking Earth could miss the planet and might instead impact the Moon. Nasa’s Center for Near ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART ...
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How "asteroid detectives" are protecting Earth from potentially dangerous impacts: "Find them before they find you"
and the range of possible locations the asteroid could be on Dec. 22, 2032, has moved farther away from the Earth," NASA said. However, there is a 1.7% chance that it could impact the moon.