Asteroid 2024 YR4 Spared The Earth. What Happens if It Hits the Moon Instead in 2032?

Remember asteroid 2024 YR4 (which at one point had a 1 in 32 chance of hitting Earth, before ending up at “impact probability zero”)? CNN reports that asteroid is now “zooming beyond the reach of telescopes on its orbit around the sun.”

“But as scien… Continue reading Asteroid 2024 YR4 Spared The Earth. What Happens if It Hits the Moon Instead in 2032?

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Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves

An anonymous reader shared this report from Cosmos magazine about a plan to “pick up those faint signals from billions of years ago.”

Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for “ancient whispers… Continue reading Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves

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Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves

An anonymous reader shared this report from Cosmos magazine about a plan to “pick up those faint signals from billions of years ago.”

Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for “ancient whispers… Continue reading Astronomers Plan Far Side of the Moon Satellite to Hear Billion-Year-Old Radio Waves

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Tiny Orange Beads Found By Apollo Astronauts Reveal Moon’s Volcanic Past

“When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity,” writes ScienceDaily.

These glass spheres, tiny yet mesmerizing, formed billions of years … Continue reading Tiny Orange Beads Found By Apollo Astronauts Reveal Moon’s Volcanic Past

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