Earth is no longer considered at risk, as NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has now revised the asteroid’s trajectory, estimating a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon—up from an ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth, now has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon by 2032, possibly visible from Earth ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Earth has been cleared of an impact with the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, but there are still risks to the planet ...

The Moon, unlike Earth, lacks an atmosphere to absorb or deflect impact debris. A direct hit from YR4 could create a crater ...

The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous ...

An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides ...

The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing as a bright ...

In December 2024, an asteroid was discovered that, according to estimates made at the time, had a probability of ...

Depending on how forceful the impact is, bits of the Moon could be ejected into space. Some of those fragments might get ...

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's orbit as intended—it unleashed a massive barrage of boulders that ...