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UC-San Diego Engineers Develop Advanced Modeling to Predict High-Stakes Asteroid-Moon Collisions
April 07, 2026
LA JOLLA, California, April 7 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:

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An Asteroid Doesn't Have to Hit Earth to Cause Catastrophe

Key Takeaways

* A collision between an asteroid and the moon could destroy satellites that are crucial for everything from telecommunications to navigation here on Earth

* Researchers are developing methods to predict these impacts more accurately, especi . . .

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