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The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

For stargazers, the Perseid meteor shower may just be the highlight of the summer. With its whizzing bright meteors that leave long wakes of light and color behind, there's a reason the Perseids are ...

(CNN) — The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks soon. This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so some experts recommend ...

It's a unique end of July for stargazers as not one, but two meteor showers are peaking this week on the same night. The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will peak July 29-30, according ...

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would ...