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Scientists are closely monitoring a potential asteroid impact on the moon, specifically asteroid 2024 YR4, which could collide in 2032 with a 4% likelihood., Science, Times Now
If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low Earth orbit.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear bomb at the asteroid.
A GIANT asteroid that risks crashing into the Moon could be nuked before it makes impact. Scientists are looking into the possibility of destroying the so-called “city-killer” asteroid
A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032 should be deflected or blown up.
A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes a nuclear “disruption” An asteroid may hit the moon in 2032 — and some scientists are wondering if Earth should nuke it.