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NASA Confirms Empire State Building-Sized Asteroid Is On Approach—What A Direct Hit Would Mean

On March 21, 2021, an object the size of the Empire State Building—traveling at 77,000 miles per hour—passed within 1.25 ...

Asteroid YR4 poses 4% chance of hitting moon in 2032; NASA explores deflection plan

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.
NBC New York

An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
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 ...