sabine-hossenfelder 8 months ago
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Sabine | Should We Nuke This Asteroid To Spare The Moon?

Late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 made global headlines as astronomers discovered it had a 1% chance of hitting the Earth in 2032.

That chance has since gone to almost zero, but astronomers say there’s now a 4% chance of it hitting the Moon. NASA is now considering two possible options for protecting our moon: deflecting the asteroid, or blowing it up with a nuke.


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Sabine Hossenfelder
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