A big asteroid won't hit the moon. Many scientists had wished it would.

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NASA Issues Major Update on 2032 Path of 'City Killer' Asteroid

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is big and dangerous enough that it has been dubbed a "city killer." There were concerns that the asteroid ...

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

It’s the first time that a celestial body’s orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA’s Dart ...
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Lunar asteroid strike in 2032 could trigger moonquakes and meteor storms on Earth

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 60-meter asteroid may hit the Moon in 2032; models predict a bright flash, moonquake, and possible meteor surge. (CREDIT: ...
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Microbes Could Survive an Asteroid Impact and Hitchhike on Debris Between Planets, Including Mars and Earth

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.
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NASA says meteor that lit up Vancouver sky was travelling 100 times speed of sound

VANCOUVER — A meteor that NASA says soared across the night sky above Metro Vancouver at about 100 times the speed of sound ...

Life forms can planet hop on asteroid debris—and survive

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...
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Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to Planet While Clinging to Asteroids

"Life is always hardier than we expect it to be." The post Scientists Find Microbes Can Survive Traveling from Planet to ...

6-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Strike Created a Massive Field of Natural Glass in Brazil

The researchers believe the geraisites’ crater may lie in the São Francisco Craton, a region in the eastern part of South America’s continental crust. Future surveys are needed in order to detect ...