Attempting to deflect the asteroid 2024 YR4 potentially on a lunar impact trajectory could be counterproductive. Scientists have recommended using nukes to pulverize the object.

Researchers say we can use two 100-kiloton nuclear bombs to destroy the asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the Moon.

The weight of the asteroid may vary from 51 million kg to more than 711 million kg, and the energy required to move each of those weights precisely differs greatly.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, described as a “city killer,” is on a trajectory that could lead to a collision with the moon, prompting scientists to propose a nuclear intervention to avert the impact. This ...

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.

Last year, astronomers warned that the asteroid could strike Earth, but that fear has been set aside. Now, it has a slight chance of hitting the Moon instead ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...

"Under the pretext of protecting Earth from asteroids, the United States appears to be seeking the right to deploy nuclear ...

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.

The next big hunt for precious minerals could be much closer to Earth than previously thought, not in the distant asteroid ...

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Experts anticipate that a lunar impact could eject massive amounts of debris into space, posing a threat to satellites.