Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon in 2032, to cut the risk of the collision debris destroying satellites.

Researchers, including some from NASA, say the best option to stop an asteroid with a 4% chance of smashing into the moon and a .00081% chance of slamming into Earth may be to nuke it. Earlier this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method ...

A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024 YR4 is hurtling through space, and it has our Moon in its sights. Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite the stir last year when astronomers calculated a 3% chance of ...

The space agencies of the U.S. and China have both started planning for the potential impact of the so-called "city-killer" asteroid. The chances of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth are in constant ...

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In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method of dealing with a troublesome asteroid. Just nuke it. But in this case, ...