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‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will likely impact Moon, not Earth: Here’s why

‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will likely impact Moon, not Earth: Here’s why

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A massive asteroid that was earlier reported to collide with Earth in 2032 may not smash into our home planet after all. According to the latest reports, the asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a near chance of 4 per cent of impacting the Moon.  Observations conducted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope give some new […]

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Over 30,000 near-Earth asteroids have been discovered; here is what you need to know

Over 30,000 near-Earth asteroids have been discovered; here is what you need to know

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For an asteroid to be classified as a near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), its trajectory should bring it within 1.3 Astronomical Units (AU) of the Sun. One AU is the distance between the Sun and our planet. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), over 30,000 NEAs have been discovered so far, with most of the discoveries […]

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