#Asteroid 2024_YR4 may collide with the Moon 🌙. Its... nominal trajectory, based on updated observations, shows a lunar impact on Dec 22, 2032. But the odds of collision remain low.show more

#asteroid 2024 YR4 and 200 clones pass through the... Earth-Moon system on Dec 22, 2032. Three of these clones hit Earth. Another hits the Moon.show more

🚨#BREAKING: NASA officials say a large asteroid could pass... close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet 📌#Earth | #OuterSpace According to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, a large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade to pose a potential threat. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, measures between 130 and 330 feet in diameter and could impact Earth in 2032. Despite its proximity, NASA officials emphasize that the likelihood of a direct impact remains low, with only a 1.3% chance of collision on December 22, 2032. Space experts further note that Asteroid 2024 YR4 has an "interesting" orbit, which makes tracking its path challenging but not necessarily alarming. While 2024 YR4’s orbit raises some concerns due to its unpredictability,, NASA remains vigilant, prioritizing further studies and readiness measures to mitigate any future risks. As of now, officials assure the public that, while the asteroid’s path warrants attention, the chances of impact remain extremely low.show more

A unique moment of an asteroid impact on the... Moon during the day. Without an atmosphere on the Moon, the asteroid doesn't burn up, but rather slams into the surface at incredible speed, creating new craters—the very same "scars" that have shaped its appearance over billions of years. By ???show more

ASTEROID 2024 YR4 MAY HIT THE MOON—AND SCIENTISTS ARE... HOPING IT DOES A once-alarming asteroid is now offering a unique lunar science opportunity. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth, now poses no threat to our planet—but it might collide with the Moon. The 197-foot-wide space rock, tracked by the James Webb Space Telescope, now has a 2% chance of impacting the Moon, according to new data. Scientists say the impact would be harmless to Earth but groundbreaking for research. Julia de León, planetary scientist: "Honestly, I hope it does." If it strikes, it would mark the first time a 60-meter object has been observed slamming into the Moon live. Source: NASA Asteroid Watchshow more

A dramatic moment captures an asteroid striking the Moon’s... surface, creating a sudden and powerful impact. The object hits at incredible speed, producing a brief flash against the silent lunar landscape. With no atmosphere to slow incoming objects, the Moon experiences direct impacts that shape its cratered surface over time. These events happen more often than we realize, but capturing one clearly is rare. This moment highlights the dynamic nature of space, where even the Moon continues to change through constant impacts. A split-second collision… but a powerful cosmic event.show more

Space objects such as meteoroids and asteroids move across... the solar system and can collide with both Earth and the Moon. However, the Moon shows far more visible impact marks on its surface. One main reason is that Earth has a thick atmosphere that protects the planet. When many meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they burn up due to friction before they can reach the ground. This process creates the bright streaks of light we call shooting stars. The Moon, however, has almost no atmosphere, so incoming space rocks are not slowed down or burned up. They travel directly to the lunar surface and strike it at very high speed. Each collision creates an impact crater, throwing dust and rocks outward from the impact point. Over billions of years, thousands of these impacts have covered the Moon with craters. Unlike Earth, the Moon also has no wind, water, or weather to erase these craters, so they remain visible for millions or even billions of years. This is why the Moon looks heavily cratered when we observe it from Earth through telescopes.show more

Will asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? NASA gave... up to 2.3% chance of impact. by sataky/redditshow more

Footage shows the first-ever collision of a comet with... a planet witnessed by humans. The power of the collision exceeded 750 times all the nuclear weapons accumulated on Earth at the time (July 1994). The impact area was several times greater than the diameter of the Earth.show more

Footage shows the first-ever collision of a comet with... a planet witnessed by humans. The power of the collision exceeded 750 times all the nuclear weapons accumulated on Earth at the time (July 1994). The impact area was several times greater than the diameter of the Earth.show more

#OTD in 1965, the Ranger 9 spacecraft made a... planned impact on the Moon. This video shows Ranger's final seconds before impact.show more

Bounce, bounce, baby!😎 Jumping around on the moon not... only sounds fun, it could also prove to be a great addition to a lunar workout too🤸🌕 European Space Agency's Space Medicine team is studying the science of moon hopping & its impact on human muscle & bone health👉show more

How do we know there is water ice on... the Moon? NASA's Clementine in 1994 and Lunar Prospector, which began its mission mapping the Moon this week in 1998, were two of the first missions to find evidence for the existence of water ice on the Moon. In this visualization of Lunar Prospector's data, high concentrations of hydrogen—a sign of potential ice deposits—are seen around the south pole of the Moon. Read more about the history of evidence for water on the Moon:show more

In 1965, the Ranger 9 spacecraft made a planned... impact with the Moon This video shows the last few seconds of the craft before impactshow more

This is what a kinetic impactor deflection of asteroid... 2024YR4 could look like. Launch in mid 2028, with collision with YR4 in Dec 2028. Note how close the impactor (green) remains to Earth (blue).show more

What’s the latest on lunar research? NASA's Electrodynamic Dust... Shield, developed by teams at Kennedy, successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dirt, from various surfaces on the Moon:show more

My two worlds collide, literally, with a collision between... a boat and a plane in Vancouver 🇨🇦 yesterday. A catalogue of errors, but what is frightening is the number of #pilots on Aviation forums saying the boat is at fault. A short 🧵 on why it’s not correct…show more

The total lunar eclipse started at 23:28 on Sunday... evening and conclude at 04:55 on Monday morning, Beijing time. The totality phase, known as the "red moon," will last from 01:31 to 02:53, with a duration of one hour and 22 minutes. "A lunar eclipse is rare. It occurs when the earth moves right in the middle of the moon and the sun, blocking the sunlight from shining on the moon. The total lunar eclipse this time will last for a relatively long time as it will enter the earth's shadow quite deeply. " said by an expert at Beijing Planetarium. This eclipse can be observed with the naked eye under good weather conditions.show more

BREAKING 🚨: An asteroid the size of a stadium... will fly past Earth on May 9 NASA says it will pass safely at a distance roughly 11 times farther than the Moon is from Earth 😮‍💨show more

Moon phases, but different. 🌖 🌒 Soon, humans will... be on the far side of the Moon. From the Artemis II crew's POV, the Moon phase will be the opposite of what we see on Earth. Follow us for lunar science updates throughout the mission. Where will you view the full Moon from?show more