Posted on 04/04/2025 7:12:47 AM PDT by Salman
An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
The asteroid, thought to be capable of levelling a city, set a new record in February for having the highest chance -- 3.1 percent -- of hitting our home planet than scientists have ever measured. But the odds that it will instead crash into Earth's satellite have been steadily rising.
After the Webb telescope turned its powerful gaze towards the asteroid last month, the chance of a Moon shot is now at 3.8 percent, NASA said.
"There is still a 96.2 percent chance that the asteroid will miss the Moon," NASA said in a statement on Thursday.
Richard Moissl, head of the European Space Agency's planetary defence office, told AFP that this aligned with their internal estimates of around four percent.
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I wonder if it could be diverted to hit the satellite that carries CNN, MSN, and “da View”.
That’s not good
That is why we need a moon.
What, is it the size of a toaster?
I see this fear porn in my “news” feeds almost weekly now.
“I wonder if it could be diverted to hit the satellite that carries CNN, MSN, and “da View””
Excellent!
I remember a cartoon, maybe “The Tick”, where he was on earth and saw the moon blow up. He said, “Darn, that’s where I keep my stuff.”
>OH NOOOOES !!! BATTER UP !!!
It’s small. The moon won’t even notice.
What? Me worry?
The Enterprise will emit a tractor beam and move the asteroid off its course.
Chairface Chippendale was involved, IIRC.
But I thought that it was going to hit the earth! These kinds of stories are a complete waist of time this far out.
No, because there will probably be another Aerosmith song about them.
Paging Commander Koenig...
I don’t like those odds either.
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