Why Scientists Are Planning To Blow Up An Asteroid That May Never Hit The Earth

With no atmosphere to slow it down, asteroid 2024 YR4 could carve a 1-km-wide crater—the largest fresh lunar scar in 5,000 ...

NASA 'considering blowing up' asteroid before potential Moon crash in seven years

NASA could soon trial a new defence strategy to prevent a giant asteroid hurtling towards the Moon and posing a huge risk to astronauts. It comes after NASA intentionally used a spacecraft to bump ...
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Forget Saving Earth, NASA Wants Us To Save The Moon From Asteroid 2024 YR4

A large asteroid strike on the Moon could have negative consequences for the artificial satellites we now depend on. That ...

'Invisible' asteroids near Venus may threaten Earth in the future

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...
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Astronomers propose blowing up 'city killer' asteroid before it hits the Moon

Researchers at NASA are proposing to blow up an asteroid headed for the moon in 2032 that could significantly impact satellites orbiting Earth ...
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Undiscovered Venus Asteroids Could Pose City-Destroying Threat To Earth

New research shows hidden Venus asteroids could unleash city-sized impacts. Learn why they’re so hard to spot and how telescopes might find them.

Trans Astronautica Corporation: TransAstra Secures $5M to Scale Asteroid Capture Technology With NASA and Private Investment

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / September 23, 2025 / TransAstra, a pioneer in space logistics and resource utilization, has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by NASA's Civil Commercial ...